﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
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  The 
  treaty 
  required 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  council 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  grand 
  dinner 
  for 
  all 
  present, 
  peace 
  was 
  

   formally 
  proclaimed 
  and 
  interpreted 
  to 
  the 
  Indians, 
  and 
  salutes 
  

   were 
  fired. 
  There 
  were 
  bonfires 
  and 
  dances, 
  with 
  supplementary 
  

   conferences. 
  Teedyuscung 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  was 
  styled 
  by 
  my 
  uncles 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  a 
  woman, 
  in 
  former 
  

   years, 
  and 
  had 
  no 
  hatchet 
  in 
  my 
  hand, 
  but 
  a 
  pestle 
  or 
  homminy 
  

   pounder. 
  As 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  tomahawk, 
  and 
  my 
  uncles 
  were 
  always 
  

   styled 
  men, 
  and 
  had 
  tomahawks 
  in 
  their 
  hands, 
  they 
  gave 
  me 
  a 
  

   tomahawk, 
  and 
  appointed 
  and 
  authorized 
  me 
  to 
  make 
  peace 
  

   with 
  a 
  tomahawk 
  in 
  my 
  hand, 
  I 
  take 
  that 
  tomahawk, 
  and 
  turn 
  

   the 
  edge 
  of 
  it 
  against 
  your 
  enemies 
  the 
  French. 
  

  

  A 
  curious 
  effect 
  of 
  scalp 
  bounties, 
  even 
  on 
  women, 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  petition 
  of 
  Margery 
  Mitchell, 
  Oct. 
  26, 
  1757: 
  

  

  I 
  was 
  some 
  time 
  ago 
  in 
  Philada., 
  in 
  Expectation 
  of 
  recg 
  a 
  

   reward 
  from 
  the 
  Com 
  rs 
  for 
  an 
  Indian 
  Scalp, 
  but 
  was 
  quite 
  dis- 
  

   appointed 
  ; 
  it 
  ill 
  suited 
  me 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  to 
  take 
  so 
  fatiguing 
  & 
  

   expensive 
  a 
  Journey, 
  one 
  might 
  think 
  Common 
  humanity 
  would 
  

   induce 
  the 
  Gentlemen 
  to 
  allow 
  me 
  some 
  small 
  matter 
  on 
  that 
  

   occasion. 
  

  

  German 
  Flats 
  was 
  destroyed 
  in 
  November 
  1757. 
  The 
  people 
  

   had 
  been 
  warned 
  by 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  but 
  felt 
  secure. 
  It 
  was 
  attacked 
  

   by 
  300 
  French 
  and 
  Indians 
  under 
  M. 
  de 
  Belletre. 
  A 
  few 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  joined 
  him 
  at 
  Famine 
  river, 
  and 
  he 
  sent 
  a 
  message 
  to 
  

   Oneida 
  Castle 
  by 
  four 
  influential 
  Indians, 
  six 
  Oneidas 
  joining 
  

   him. 
  The 
  Palatine 
  settlement 
  was 
  protected 
  by 
  five 
  small 
  forts, 
  

   all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  destroyed. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  killed, 
  

   but 
  40 
  colonists 
  perished, 
  150 
  were 
  made 
  prisoners 
  and 
  60 
  houses 
  

   were 
  burned. 
  In 
  another 
  fort 
  were 
  350 
  men, 
  not 
  a 
  mile 
  away. 
  

  

  The 
  Oneidas 
  and 
  Tuscaroras 
  were 
  asked 
  why 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  

   given 
  the 
  alarm 
  ; 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  showed 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  done 
  so, 
  

   but 
  their 
  advice 
  was 
  not 
  heeded. 
  The 
  Germans 
  said 
  the 
  same. 
  

   It 
  was 
  the 
  castle 
  at 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  and 
  not 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  to 
  which 
  

   the 
  French 
  sent 
  word. 
  The 
  latter 
  was 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  told. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1758 
  the 
  French 
  commander 
  at 
  Fort 
  Duquesne 
  

   made 
  unfriendly 
  comments 
  on 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  and 
  sent 
  Wyandot 
  

   spies 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  who 
  told 
  their 
  errand 
  and 
  wished 
  a 
  trading 
  

   post 
  might 
  be 
  built 
  there, 
  The 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  John 
  Hudson, 
  or 
  

  

  