﻿314 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Eyendeegen, 
  was 
  present 
  at 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Munseys 
  in 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia 
  Aug. 
  4. 
  He 
  said 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  hold 
  treaties, 
  being 
  

   women, 
  and 
  conducted 
  the 
  business 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  July 
  7, 
  1758, 
  Abercrombie 
  was 
  defeated 
  at 
  Ticonderoga 
  with 
  

   heavy 
  loss. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  despised 
  him 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  few 
  

   Indians 
  shared 
  in 
  the 
  fight 
  on 
  either 
  side. 
  Some 
  success 
  the 
  

   English 
  now 
  had. 
  In 
  August 
  Colonel 
  Bradstreet 
  took 
  Fort 
  Fron- 
  

   tenac, 
  and 
  Oswego 
  was 
  reoccupied. 
  In 
  November 
  Fort 
  Du- 
  

   quesne 
  was 
  evacuated 
  on 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  General 
  Forbes. 
  The 
  

   Indians 
  of 
  Canada 
  were 
  displeased 
  with 
  Montcalm's 
  treatment 
  of 
  

   them 
  at 
  Ticonderoga, 
  and 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  took 
  note 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  The 
  fourth 
  Easton 
  council 
  met 
  Oct. 
  8, 
  1758, 
  and 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  

   Minisinks 
  and 
  Delawares 
  came. 
  The 
  assembly 
  was 
  large 
  and 
  

   the 
  ancient 
  rites 
  scrupulously 
  observed. 
  Three 
  old 
  land 
  disputes 
  

   were 
  to 
  be 
  settled; 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  sale 
  of 
  1754, 
  the 
  Walking 
  Pur- 
  

   chase, 
  and 
  the 
  claims 
  of 
  the 
  Minisinks 
  in 
  New 
  r 
  Jersey. 
  The 
  last 
  

   was 
  speedily 
  adjusted, 
  and 
  the 
  lands 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  were 
  

   deeded 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  On 
  the 
  Walking 
  Purchase, 
  Teedy- 
  

   uscung's 
  official 
  character 
  came 
  in 
  question, 
  and 
  his 
  pride 
  had 
  a 
  

   blow 
  in 
  a 
  private 
  council. 
  A 
  Mohawk 
  chief 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  Who 
  made 
  

   Teedyuscung 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  nations? 
  If 
  he 
  be 
  such 
  a 
  great 
  man 
  

   we 
  desire 
  to 
  know 
  who 
  made 
  him 
  so." 
  A 
  Seneca 
  chief 
  said 
  : 
  

   " 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  who 
  made 
  Teedyuscung 
  this 
  great 
  man 
  over 
  

   Ten 
  Nations, 
  and 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  know 
  who 
  made 
  him 
  so." 
  An 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  chief 
  added, 
  " 
  I 
  never 
  heard 
  before 
  now 
  that 
  Teedyuscung 
  

   was 
  such 
  a 
  great 
  man, 
  and 
  much 
  less 
  can 
  I 
  tell 
  who 
  made 
  him 
  

   so. 
  No 
  such 
  thing 
  was 
  ever 
  said 
  in 
  our 
  towns." 
  An 
  Oneida 
  

   spoke 
  for 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  Tuscaroras, 
  Nanticokes 
  and 
  Conoys 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  

   now 
  tell 
  you 
  none 
  of 
  us 
  know 
  who 
  has 
  made 
  Teedyuscung 
  such 
  

   a 
  great 
  man. 
  Perhaps 
  the 
  French 
  have, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  you 
  have, 
  or 
  

   some 
  among 
  you, 
  as 
  you 
  have 
  different 
  governments 
  and 
  are 
  

   different 
  people. 
  We 
  for 
  our 
  part 
  entirely 
  disown 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  

   any 
  authority 
  over 
  us, 
  and 
  we 
  desire 
  to 
  know 
  from 
  whence 
  he 
  

   derives 
  his 
  authority." 
  

  

  In 
  that 
  chief's 
  presence, 
  next 
  day, 
  the 
  governors 
  of 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania 
  and 
  New 
  Jersey 
  explained 
  that 
  he 
  only 
  claimed 
  to 
  be 
  king 
  

  

  