﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  323 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  towards 
  Hudsons 
  River, 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Caats 
  Kill, 
  thence 
  

   to 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  and 
  from 
  Reghioghne 
  a 
  Rock 
  at 
  the 
  East 
  

   side 
  of 
  said 
  lake 
  to 
  Oswegatche 
  or 
  La 
  Gattell 
  on 
  the 
  River 
  St. 
  

   Lawrence 
  (having 
  long 
  since 
  ceded 
  their 
  claims 
  North 
  of 
  said 
  

   line 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  the 
  Canada 
  Indians 
  as 
  Hunting 
  ground) 
  thence 
  

   up 
  the 
  River 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  South 
  side 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario 
  to 
  Niagara. 
  

  

  In 
  right 
  of 
  conquest 
  they 
  claim 
  all 
  the 
  Country 
  (comprehending 
  

   the 
  Ohio) 
  along 
  the 
  great 
  Ridge 
  of 
  Blew 
  Mountains 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  

   of 
  Virginia, 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Kentucke 
  River, 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  

   same 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio 
  above 
  the 
  Rifts, 
  thence 
  Northerly 
  to 
  the 
  South 
  

   end 
  of 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  thence 
  along 
  the 
  Eastern 
  shore 
  of 
  said 
  

   lake 
  to 
  Missilimackinac, 
  then 
  easterly 
  across 
  the 
  North 
  end 
  of 
  

   Lake 
  Huron 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  Ottawa 
  River 
  (including 
  the 
  Chippawae 
  

   or 
  Mississagey 
  Country) 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  said 
  River 
  to 
  the 
  Island 
  

   of 
  Montreal. 
  . 
  . 
  their 
  claim 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  

   Lakes, 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  least 
  disputed 
  by 
  the 
  Shawanese, 
  Delawares, 
  

   ettc, 
  who 
  never 
  transacted 
  any 
  Sales 
  of 
  Land 
  or 
  other 
  matters 
  

   without 
  their 
  consent, 
  and 
  who 
  sent 
  Deputys 
  to 
  the 
  grand 
  Coun- 
  

   cil 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  on 
  all 
  important 
  occasions. 
  

  

  Johnson 
  thought 
  the 
  northern 
  Indians 
  " 
  the 
  most 
  formidable 
  

   of 
  any 
  uncivilized 
  body 
  of 
  people 
  in 
  the 
  world." 
  The 
  Ottawa 
  

   confederacy 
  and 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  looked 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  parts 
  

   of 
  North 
  America 
  as 
  their 
  sole 
  property, 
  but 
  the 
  latter 
  had 
  suf- 
  

   fered 
  from 
  land 
  frauds. 
  The 
  corporation 
  of 
  Albany 
  long 
  before, 
  

   by 
  intoxicating 
  the 
  Indians, 
  unfairly 
  got 
  a 
  deed 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   flats 
  at 
  Fort 
  Hunter 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  mentioned 
  other 
  cases 
  likely 
  to 
  

   make 
  trouble. 
  The 
  great 
  Iroquois 
  grievance 
  was 
  the 
  chain 
  of 
  

   small 
  forts, 
  made 
  in 
  1759 
  and 
  reaching 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  These 
  

   were 
  Fort 
  Schuyler 
  on 
  the 
  Mohawk, 
  the 
  Royal 
  Blockhouse 
  at 
  

   the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  Fort 
  Brewerton 
  and 
  a 
  fort 
  at 
  Oswego 
  

   Falls. 
  They 
  wished 
  these 
  abandoned 
  according 
  to 
  promise. 
  

  

  Good 
  interpreters 
  were 
  needed 
  to 
  prevent 
  misunderstandings. 
  

   Missionaries 
  ought 
  to 
  live 
  among 
  them 
  ; 
  for, 
  by 
  their 
  holding 
  

   double 
  cures, 
  the 
  Indians 
  had 
  very 
  few 
  services, 
  with 
  very 
  poor 
  

   interpreters. 
  Many 
  Mohawks 
  had 
  become 
  quite 
  proficient, 
  read- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  liturgy 
  and 
  preaching 
  among 
  themselves. 
  To 
  promote 
  

   this, 
  he 
  had 
  ordered 
  a 
  new 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  prayer 
  book. 
  

   The 
  first, 
  founded 
  on 
  the 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Mr 
  Freeman, 
  

   had 
  been 
  printed 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1715; 
  and 
  the 
  printers 
  now 
  

  

  