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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  All 
  agreed 
  to 
  go 
  against 
  the 
  French 
  as 
  an 
  atonement 
  for 
  the 
  

   murder. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  an 
  effective 
  plaster 
  for 
  the 
  wound. 
  The 
  

   Onondagas 
  then 
  made 
  a 
  feast 
  of 
  a 
  roasted 
  ox, 
  presented 
  by 
  John- 
  

   son, 
  and 
  the 
  war 
  dance 
  was 
  shared 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  every 
  nation. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  50 
  more 
  Indians 
  arrived. 
  He 
  told 
  them 
  

   that 
  at 
  the 
  Easton 
  treaty 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  people 
  gave 
  up 
  all 
  

   the 
  land 
  claimed 
  on 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  sold 
  them 
  in 
  1754. 
  

   The 
  deed 
  of 
  surrender 
  would 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  council 
  house 
  at 
  

   Onondaga. 
  

  

  After 
  telling 
  them 
  of 
  General 
  Amherst's 
  appointment, 
  Sir 
  Wil- 
  

   liam 
  threw 
  the 
  war 
  belt, 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  up 
  by 
  a 
  Mohawk, 
  who 
  

   danced 
  with 
  it, 
  followed 
  by 
  others. 
  A 
  few 
  warriors 
  had 
  gone 
  

   with 
  Johnson 
  before 
  ; 
  all 
  would 
  go 
  now. 
  Two 
  oxen 
  were 
  boiled 
  

   in 
  five 
  large 
  kettles 
  and 
  laid 
  out 
  in 
  large 
  pieces 
  in 
  Indian 
  style, 
  

   the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  warriors 
  being 
  seated 
  in 
  two 
  lines 
  opposite 
  the 
  

   fires 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  

  

  The 
  Old 
  Belt, 
  a 
  great 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Geneseo 
  

   Indians 
  heartily 
  joined 
  the 
  English, 
  and 
  that 
  26 
  of 
  their 
  warriors 
  

   would 
  follow 
  Johnson 
  to 
  war 
  before 
  they 
  went 
  home. 
  They 
  

   now 
  gave 
  up 
  Fort 
  Niagara 
  to 
  be 
  destroyed. 
  He 
  then 
  began 
  the 
  

   war 
  dance, 
  which 
  was 
  kept 
  up 
  all 
  night 
  by 
  others. 
  Three 
  chiefs 
  

   of 
  each 
  nation 
  came 
  to 
  Johnson 
  to 
  ask 
  him 
  to 
  send 
  an 
  army 
  at 
  

   once 
  against 
  Niagara. 
  " 
  The 
  sooner 
  the 
  thing 
  is 
  done 
  the 
  bet- 
  

   ter," 
  they 
  said, 
  and 
  gave 
  a 
  belt 
  with 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  Niagara 
  at 
  one 
  

   end 
  and 
  his 
  name 
  at 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  The 
  Oswegatchies 
  sent 
  him 
  a 
  message, 
  thanking 
  him 
  and 
  say- 
  

   ing 
  they 
  would 
  keep 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  and 
  not 
  join 
  

   the 
  French. 
  They 
  wished 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  their 
  native 
  land, 
  and 
  

   their 
  priest 
  sent 
  a 
  message 
  of 
  peace, 
  having 
  no 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  war. 
  

   His 
  town 
  was 
  but 
  a 
  religious 
  school. 
  The 
  Caughnawagas 
  and 
  

   others 
  would 
  act 
  no 
  more 
  with 
  the 
  French. 
  Johnson 
  was 
  pleased 
  

   and 
  promised 
  to 
  equip 
  the 
  Indians 
  and 
  provide 
  for 
  their 
  families. 
  

  

  That 
  year 
  the 
  Royal 
  Blockhouse 
  was 
  built 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  

   Oneida 
  lake 
  and 
  Fort 
  Brewerton 
  at 
  the 
  foot. 
  A 
  fort 
  was 
  also 
  

   built 
  at 
  Oswego 
  Falls 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side. 
  Johnson 
  and 
  Prideaux 
  

   soon 
  left 
  for 
  Niagara, 
  embarking 
  on 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  June 
  21, 
  passing 
  

  

  