﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  315 
  

  

  over 
  five 
  Delaware 
  nations 
  and 
  was 
  but 
  the 
  messenger 
  of 
  the 
  

   Six 
  Nations, 
  of 
  whom 
  he 
  always 
  spoke 
  as 
  his 
  uncles 
  and 
  super- 
  

   iors. 
  The 
  storm 
  was 
  averted, 
  but 
  the 
  offense 
  was 
  not 
  forgotten. 
  

   He 
  had 
  also 
  proposed 
  a 
  sale 
  of 
  lands 
  about 
  Shamokin, 
  Wyoming 
  

   etc. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  chiefs 
  replied 
  : 
  " 
  We 
  have 
  no 
  power 
  to 
  convey 
  

   Lands 
  to 
  any 
  one, 
  but 
  will 
  take 
  your 
  Request 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  Coun- 
  

   cil 
  Fire 
  for 
  their 
  Sentiments, 
  as 
  we 
  never 
  convey 
  or 
  sell 
  Lands 
  

   before 
  it 
  be 
  agreed 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  Nations." 
  

   It 
  is 
  readily 
  seen 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  but 
  a 
  convenient 
  excuse. 
  

  

  In 
  April 
  1759 
  Johnson 
  held 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  the 
  Canajoharie 
  castle, 
  

   stopping 
  at 
  Brant's 
  house, 
  where 
  the 
  Bunt, 
  other 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  

   some 
  Cayuga 
  chiefs 
  waited 
  on 
  him, 
  some 
  Cayugas, 
  Senecas, 
  Nan- 
  

   ticokes 
  and 
  Shawnees 
  coming 
  later. 
  While 
  they 
  were 
  waiting 
  

   for 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  Tuscaroras 
  and 
  Geneseo 
  Senecas, 
  their 
  arms 
  

   were 
  repaired, 
  and 
  he 
  sent 
  food 
  to 
  some 
  on 
  the 
  way. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  council 
  opened, 
  Sir 
  William, 
  with 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  

   Onondagas 
  and 
  Senecas, 
  condoled 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  their 
  

   people 
  since 
  leaving 
  home, 
  and 
  the 
  usual 
  general 
  condolence 
  fol- 
  

   lowed. 
  He 
  spoke 
  of 
  a 
  murder 
  by 
  a 
  Cayuga, 
  and 
  an 
  Oneida 
  chief 
  

   gave 
  five 
  white 
  prisoners 
  to 
  him. 
  Tuscarora 
  spies 
  told 
  what 
  they 
  

   had 
  seen 
  in 
  Canada, 
  where 
  some 
  Oswegatchie 
  Indians 
  wished 
  to 
  

   return 
  to 
  Onondaga. 
  Some 
  western 
  Indians 
  had 
  sent 
  a 
  belt 
  to 
  

   the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  as 
  they 
  desired 
  to 
  pass 
  through 
  their 
  country 
  

   to 
  talk 
  with 
  Johnson. 
  A 
  sachem 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

   would 
  come 
  with 
  them 
  that 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  Geneseo 
  chiefs 
  waited 
  

   to 
  conduct 
  them. 
  

  

  Governor 
  de 
  Vaudreuil 
  had 
  told 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  that 
  the 
  English, 
  

   having 
  built 
  a 
  fort 
  at 
  their 
  portage, 
  were 
  about 
  to 
  erect 
  one 
  at 
  

   each 
  end 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  the 
  falls 
  of 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  (Oswego) 
  river. 
  However 
  he 
  got 
  his 
  news, 
  this 
  proved 
  

   correct. 
  Though 
  these 
  would 
  be 
  strong, 
  he 
  said, 
  the 
  one 
  at 
  

   Oswego 
  would 
  be 
  stronger 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  would 
  then 
  destroy 
  

   the 
  Five 
  Nations. 
  He 
  gave 
  them 
  a 
  large 
  hatchet 
  belt 
  of 
  6000 
  

   beads. 
  The 
  Nanticokes 
  had 
  also 
  been 
  sent 
  for 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  

   receiving 
  a 
  sharp 
  French 
  hatchet 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  message, 
  but 
  they 
  

   returned 
  this 
  by 
  advice 
  of 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  

  

  