﻿3IO 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  came 
  later, 
  and 
  about 
  ioo 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  council 
  which 
  opened 
  

   Dec. 
  13, 
  continuing 
  till 
  the 
  30th. 
  Xo 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  present, 
  

   but 
  all 
  there 
  were 
  friendly 
  to 
  the 
  French, 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  so. 
  The 
  latter 
  gave 
  up 
  their 
  English 
  medals, 
  and 
  left 
  17 
  

   deputies 
  to 
  spend 
  the 
  winter 
  there. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  expense 
  

   holding 
  such 
  a 
  council, 
  but 
  unavoidable. 
  The 
  meeting 
  was 
  thus 
  

   summed 
  up 
  : 
  

  

  Such 
  has 
  been 
  this 
  famous 
  embassy 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  the 
  

   most 
  important 
  that 
  has 
  occurred 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time, 
  and 
  which 
  

   ought 
  to 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  indeed 
  important 
  under 
  existing 
  circum- 
  

   stances. 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  neutrality 
  of 
  those 
  Nations 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  advantages 
  we 
  could 
  obtain 
  over 
  the 
  English. 
  

  

  The 
  French 
  desired 
  more 
  than 
  neutrality, 
  which 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  

  

  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  long 
  maintained. 
  A 
  shrewd 
  move 
  was 
  made 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Oneidas 
  presented 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  a 
  Belt 
  from 
  which 
  an 
  

   English 
  scalp 
  was 
  suspended. 
  This 
  proceeding 
  had 
  been 
  the 
  

   thought 
  of 
  an 
  Iroquois, 
  a 
  shrewd 
  politician 
  to 
  get 
  an 
  English 
  

   scalp 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  cabin 
  of 
  the 
  Cayugas, 
  Avhere, 
  as 
  yet, 
  

   there 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  any. 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  desired 
  to 
  look 
  into 
  French 
  customs 
  of 
  a 
  social 
  

   nature, 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  might 
  share. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  : 
  ' 
  The 
  Ambassa- 
  

   dors 
  asked 
  to 
  remain 
  until 
  the 
  morrow, 
  New 
  Year's 
  day, 
  because 
  

   they 
  had 
  been 
  told 
  that 
  on 
  that 
  day 
  the 
  Pale 
  faces 
  kissed 
  each 
  

   other 
  and 
  that 
  liquor 
  was 
  furnished." 
  

  

  Among 
  other 
  curious 
  notes 
  of 
  this 
  council 
  is 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Belts 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  latter, 
  each 
  of 
  them 
  

   furnished 
  in 
  turn 
  and 
  contributed 
  equally 
  to 
  that 
  expense, 
  and 
  

   as 
  the 
  Indians 
  are 
  very 
  particular 
  in 
  exhibiting- 
  the 
  share 
  they 
  

   possess 
  in 
  these 
  presents, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  speech, 
  the 
  orator 
  

   is 
  careful, 
  when 
  handing 
  the 
  Belt, 
  to 
  cry 
  out 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   Canton, 
  or 
  Nation, 
  which 
  has 
  furnished 
  it. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  19 
  

  

  Council 
  at 
  Onondaga. 
  Six 
  Nations 
  neutral, 
  but 
  Mississagas 
  hostile 
  to 
  them. 
  

   Peace 
  with 
  the 
  Cherokees. 
  Easton 
  council. 
  Teedyuscung. 
  German 
  Flats 
  

   destroyed. 
  Abercrombie 
  defeated. 
  Land 
  dispute 
  settled 
  at 
  Easton. 
  Teed- 
  

   yuscung 
  reproved. 
  Council 
  at 
  Canajoharie. 
  Iroquois 
  take 
  the 
  war 
  belts. 
  

   Canadian 
  Indians 
  abandon 
  the 
  French. 
  Forts 
  built. 
  Niagara 
  taken. 
  Assen- 
  

   sing 
  council. 
  Montreal 
  taken. 
  Iroquois 
  present. 
  Religion 
  and 
  education. 
  

   Prisoners 
  released. 
  Plans 
  for 
  schools. 
  Murders 
  at 
  Kanestio. 
  

  

  A 
  council 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1757, 
  and 
  

  

  the 
  Onondagas, 
  Cayugas 
  and 
  Senecas 
  resolved 
  to 
  be 
  neutral. 
  

  

  