﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  321 
  

  

  for 
  36 
  days, 
  by 
  from 
  500 
  to 
  1600 
  Ottawas, 
  Ojibwas 
  and 
  Dela- 
  

   wares. 
  They 
  feared 
  the 
  advancing 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  ; 
  but 
  

   Johnson 
  thought 
  he 
  had 
  removed 
  all 
  difficulties 
  at 
  his 
  Detroit 
  

   conference 
  in 
  1761. 
  Dissatisfaction 
  increased 
  because 
  presents 
  

   were 
  not 
  continued 
  to 
  western 
  Indians. 
  The 
  Mississagas 
  and 
  

   Ojibwas 
  now 
  blockaded 
  Detroit 
  and 
  totally 
  defeated 
  100 
  men 
  

   sent 
  to 
  its 
  relief. 
  The 
  Six 
  Nations 
  said 
  they 
  rejected 
  this 
  wes- 
  

   tern 
  alliance, 
  but 
  he 
  feared 
  the 
  Senecas 
  might 
  fall 
  away. 
  The 
  

   Mohawks 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  well 
  used, 
  yet 
  were 
  doing 
  much 
  for 
  the 
  

   English. 
  Though 
  few, 
  they 
  were 
  still 
  considered 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  

   Six 
  Nations 
  by 
  the 
  rest. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  also 
  showed 
  a 
  strong 
  

   attachment. 
  He 
  ordered 
  an 
  interpreter 
  to 
  stay 
  at 
  Oswego 
  to 
  

   save 
  trouble 
  with 
  Indians 
  there. 
  

  

  The 
  western 
  Indians 
  captured 
  a 
  fort 
  at 
  Venango 
  Pa., 
  and 
  a 
  

   blockhouse 
  at 
  Presque 
  Isle. 
  The 
  post 
  at 
  Leboeuff 
  was 
  aban- 
  

   doned. 
  Onondaga 
  messengers 
  said 
  that 
  Venango 
  was 
  treach- 
  

   erously 
  taken 
  by 
  some 
  Geneseo 
  Indians 
  living 
  near 
  by. 
  At 
  a 
  

   meeting 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  the 
  Senecas 
  spoke 
  with 
  three 
  belts, 
  saying 
  

   they 
  had 
  loosed 
  their 
  warriors 
  against 
  the 
  English 
  and 
  wished 
  

   the 
  rest 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  same. 
  This 
  was 
  rejected 
  by 
  all; 
  and 
  the 
  

   Onondagas 
  sent 
  a 
  large 
  belt 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  desiring 
  them 
  to 
  

   stop 
  at 
  once. 
  All 
  but 
  the 
  Senecas 
  agreed 
  to 
  attend 
  a 
  council 
  

   at 
  German 
  Flats. 
  This 
  was 
  afterward 
  changed 
  to 
  Johnson 
  Hall 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  Johnson's 
  indisposition. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  conquest 
  of 
  Canada 
  the 
  western 
  nations 
  and 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  had 
  warred 
  with 
  the 
  Cherokees, 
  and 
  parties 
  often 
  passed 
  

   through 
  the 
  western 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  colonies, 
  keeping 
  up 
  a~ 
  warlike 
  

   spirit. 
  The 
  Geneseo 
  Senecas, 
  the 
  hostile 
  party, 
  now 
  sent 
  bands 
  

   to 
  Irondequoit 
  and 
  Sodus 
  to 
  waylay 
  passing 
  boats. 
  Johnson 
  

   advised 
  an 
  expedition 
  against 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Indians, 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  

   Delawares 
  and 
  Shawnees, 
  the 
  real 
  authors 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  trouble. 
  

   There 
  was 
  an 
  engagement 
  in 
  August 
  near 
  Fort 
  Pitt, 
  between 
  

   Colonel 
  Bouquet 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  Indian 
  force, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  

   defeated. 
  The 
  three 
  murderers, 
  authors 
  of 
  the 
  trouble, 
  were 
  

   reported 
  killed. 
  That 
  the 
  Indians 
  had 
  serious 
  grounds 
  for 
  com- 
  

   plaint 
  is 
  not 
  doubted, 
  but 
  some 
  were 
  due 
  to 
  themselves 
  and 
  of 
  

  

  