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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Chapter 
  20 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  people 
  at 
  Wyoming. 
  Indians 
  wish 
  forts 
  destroyed. 
  Western 
  

   scalp 
  belt. 
  Pontiac's 
  war. 
  Forts 
  taken. 
  Hostile 
  Senecas. 
  Indian 
  complaints. 
  

   Soldiers 
  destroyed 
  near 
  Niagara. 
  Iroquois 
  land 
  claims. 
  Mohawk 
  prayer 
  

   book. 
  Report 
  on 
  Indians. 
  Six 
  Nations 
  join 
  English 
  against 
  Ottawas. 
  

   Indians 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna. 
  Conestogas 
  killed. 
  Towns 
  burned 
  on 
  the 
  

   Chemung. 
  Peace 
  with 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  Niagara 
  council. 
  Education. 
  Kirkland. 
  

   Council 
  with 
  Delawares. 
  English 
  occupy 
  Illinois. 
  Pontiac 
  at 
  Oswego. 
  

  

  In 
  May 
  1763 
  four 
  Iroquois 
  deputies 
  came 
  to 
  Johnson's 
  house, 
  

   having 
  a 
  message 
  and 
  several 
  belts 
  for 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  Connec- 
  

   ticut, 
  desiring 
  him 
  to 
  stop 
  his 
  people 
  from 
  settling 
  on 
  the 
  Sus- 
  

   quehanna. 
  There 
  had 
  been 
  trouble 
  there 
  before. 
  They 
  wanted 
  

   some 
  Mohawks 
  to 
  go 
  with 
  them 
  and 
  a 
  deputy 
  from 
  Sir 
  William 
  

   to 
  care 
  for 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  and 
  prevent 
  imposition. 
  Lieutenant 
  

   Johnson 
  and 
  an 
  interpreter 
  were 
  sent. 
  

  

  May 
  21 
  there 
  arrived 
  139 
  sachems 
  and 
  warriors, 
  and 
  the 
  desired 
  

   council 
  was 
  opened 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  ceremonies 
  and 
  belts. 
  On 
  the 
  

   26th 
  45 
  Geneseos 
  came 
  ; 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  speaker 
  spoke 
  

   for 
  all, 
  repeating 
  the 
  old 
  agreements 
  and 
  relating 
  later 
  history. 
  

   Now 
  that 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  dead, 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  more 
  forts 
  made 
  

   them 
  uneasy. 
  They 
  feared 
  that 
  western 
  traders 
  might 
  have 
  

   trouble 
  and 
  advised 
  that 
  trade 
  should 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  Oswego, 
  

   Niagara 
  and 
  Detroit. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  had 
  been 
  persuaded 
  to 
  

   arrange 
  about 
  the 
  murder. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  then 
  spoke, 
  saying 
  they 
  

   would 
  not 
  rest 
  till 
  they 
  brought 
  a 
  plaster 
  for 
  that 
  wound. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  council 
  an 
  Indian 
  came 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  French 
  had 
  

   ascended 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  invested 
  some 
  English 
  forts 
  west- 
  

   ward. 
  A 
  large 
  belt, 
  with 
  English 
  scalps, 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  by 
  them 
  

   to 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  asking 
  their 
  aid, 
  which 
  was 
  refused. 
  The 
  

   Indians 
  were 
  positive, 
  but 
  Johnson 
  thought 
  it 
  an 
  old 
  belt, 
  sending 
  

   to 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  to 
  learn 
  more. 
  In 
  June 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  sent 
  wampum 
  to 
  the 
  Indians 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  saying 
  : 
  

  

  This 
  String 
  of 
  Wampum 
  comes 
  to 
  let 
  you 
  know 
  that 
  the 
  French 
  

   that 
  was 
  killed 
  is 
  come 
  alive 
  again, 
  and 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  seven 
  of 
  

   your 
  out 
  Posts 
  taken 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  People 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  French, 
  

   and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  wild 
  Indians 
  that 
  have 
  tails 
  like 
  Rears. 
  

  

  An 
  express 
  arrived 
  in 
  June 
  to 
  report 
  the 
  investment 
  of 
  Detroit 
  

  

  