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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Sep. 
  19 
  their 
  message 
  was 
  formally 
  delivered 
  to 
  the 
  four 
  Cher- 
  

   okees, 
  who 
  were 
  seated 
  in 
  four 
  chairs. 
  Johnson 
  lighted 
  the 
  calu- 
  

   met, 
  took 
  a 
  whirl" 
  or 
  two 
  and 
  passed 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  Cherokees, 
  who 
  did 
  

   the 
  same. 
  The 
  gentlemen 
  present 
  smoked 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   who 
  were 
  there. 
  The 
  tobacco 
  from 
  whence 
  it 
  was 
  filled 
  was 
  

   then 
  put 
  in 
  a 
  bag 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  home 
  by 
  the 
  Cherokees 
  with 
  the 
  

   calumet. 
  The 
  Belt, 
  a 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  then 
  delivered 
  the 
  message 
  

   of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  white 
  belt 
  furnished 
  by 
  

   Johnson. 
  Seneca 
  George 
  would 
  return 
  with 
  them 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  

   Philadelphia 
  and 
  farther 
  if 
  his 
  shoes 
  held 
  out. 
  

  

  Not 
  being 
  relieved 
  by 
  General 
  Webb, 
  Fort 
  William 
  Henry 
  

   surrendered 
  Aug. 
  29, 
  after 
  a 
  six 
  days' 
  siege, 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   robbed 
  and 
  stripped 
  many 
  after 
  the 
  capitulation, 
  even 
  killing 
  

   some. 
  Montcalm 
  had 
  363 
  Canadian 
  Iroquois 
  with 
  him 
  at 
  this 
  

   time, 
  and 
  this 
  loss 
  cooled 
  the 
  zeal 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  for 
  the 
  

   English. 
  Though 
  neutrality 
  was 
  promised, 
  some 
  Senecas 
  and 
  

   Cayugas 
  shared 
  in 
  hostilities 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  and 
  Governor 
  de 
  

   Vaudreuil 
  reported 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  20 
  parties 
  of 
  Senecas 
  and 
  Cay- 
  

   ugas 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  against 
  the 
  Catawbas 
  and 
  English. 
  There 
  were 
  

   always 
  some 
  whom 
  the 
  chiefs 
  could 
  not 
  control. 
  

  

  A 
  Mohawk 
  chief, 
  who 
  went 
  with 
  George 
  Croghan 
  to 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  in 
  June, 
  brightened 
  the 
  friendly 
  chain 
  between 
  the 
  Cher- 
  

   okees 
  and 
  Six 
  Nations 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  Col. 
  George 
  Washing- 
  

   ton. 
  Both 
  would 
  hold 
  to 
  the 
  English, 
  and 
  three 
  Cherokees 
  were 
  

   deputed 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  On 
  their 
  way 
  they 
  stopped 
  

   at 
  Easton, 
  where 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Delawares 
  and 
  

   Senecas, 
  and 
  were 
  told 
  that 
  the 
  grand 
  council, 
  which 
  sat 
  for 
  two 
  

   months 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  had 
  broken 
  up, 
  having 
  determined 
  to 
  hold 
  

   to 
  the 
  English. 
  The 
  Delawares 
  and 
  Shawnees 
  in 
  Ohio 
  had 
  

   trouble 
  with 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  were 
  also 
  likely 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  same 
  side. 
  

  

  The 
  Easton 
  council 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  

   month 
  Teedyuscung 
  concluded 
  a 
  peace 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  10 
  nations. 
  

   He 
  said 
  he 
  was 
  formerly 
  represented 
  as 
  a 
  woman 
  by 
  his 
  uncles, 
  

   the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  but 
  they 
  gave 
  him 
  a 
  good 
  pipe 
  and 
  good 
  tobacco, 
  

   and 
  he 
  gave 
  these 
  to 
  the 
  English. 
  In 
  response, 
  Governor 
  Morris 
  

   gave 
  him 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  belt 
  with 
  significant 
  letters 
  and 
  figures. 
  

  

  