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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  found 
  trouble 
  from 
  the 
  unusual 
  number 
  of 
  some 
  letters. 
  A 
  still 
  

   earlier 
  Mohawk 
  book 
  of 
  16 
  pages 
  was 
  printed 
  in 
  Boston 
  in 
  1707. 
  

   In 
  education, 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Mr 
  Wheelock 
  reported 
  that 
  Joseph 
  Brant 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  Indian 
  boys 
  were 
  doing 
  well. 
  He 
  then 
  had 
  23 
  

   Indians 
  in 
  his 
  school. 
  

  

  Toward 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  this 
  year 
  Johnson 
  made 
  a 
  tabular 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  these 
  confederacies, 
  with 
  the 
  names, 
  numbers 
  and 
  situa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  nations. 
  Of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  and 
  Senecas 
  were 
  considered 
  the 
  elder 
  branches, 
  the 
  three 
  

   others 
  being 
  the 
  younger. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  had 
  160 
  men 
  and 
  two 
  

   villages 
  on 
  their 
  river, 
  with 
  some 
  emigrants 
  at 
  Schoharie. 
  The 
  

   Oneidas 
  had 
  two 
  villages 
  ; 
  one 
  25 
  miles 
  from 
  Fort 
  Stanwix, 
  and 
  

   the 
  other 
  12 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  (?) 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  with 
  emigrants 
  in 
  

   several 
  places 
  toward 
  the 
  Susquehanna. 
  They 
  had 
  250 
  men. 
  

   The 
  Tuscaroras 
  had 
  140 
  men, 
  with 
  one 
  village 
  6 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  

   first 
  Oneidas, 
  and 
  several 
  about 
  the 
  Susquehanna. 
  The 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  had 
  150 
  men; 
  one 
  large 
  village 
  being 
  6 
  miles 
  from 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  lake, 
  with 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  at 
  some 
  distance. 
  The 
  Cayugas 
  

   had 
  200 
  men, 
  a 
  large 
  village 
  near 
  Cayuga 
  lake, 
  and 
  several 
  

   thence 
  to 
  the 
  Susquehanna. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  were 
  1050 
  men, 
  with 
  

   several 
  villages, 
  beginning 
  about 
  50 
  ( 
  ?) 
  miles 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  

   from 
  thence 
  to 
  Chenussio. 
  The 
  largest 
  was 
  about 
  70 
  miles 
  from 
  

   Niagara, 
  with 
  others 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio. 
  Two 
  eastern 
  villages, 
  

   Kanadasero 
  and 
  Kanaderagey, 
  adhered 
  to 
  the 
  English 
  ; 
  the 
  others 
  

   were 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  confederacy. 
  The 
  Oswegatchies 
  were 
  80 
  

   men, 
  chiefly 
  Onondagas, 
  living 
  at 
  La 
  Galette 
  on 
  the 
  St 
  Law- 
  

   rence. 
  The 
  Nanticokes 
  and 
  others 
  were 
  southern 
  Indians, 
  

   removed 
  to 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  and 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  

   In 
  Canada 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  Caughnawagas 
  were 
  300 
  men 
  and 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  English. 
  Others 
  were 
  mentioned. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  had 
  no 
  fixed 
  residence, 
  and 
  their 
  numbers 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   computed. 
  

  

  In 
  December 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  were 
  in 
  their 
  best 
  mood 
  and 
  

   ready 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  English 
  against 
  the 
  Ottawa 
  confederacy, 
  partly 
  

   because 
  the 
  Indians 
  about 
  Detroit 
  had 
  asked 
  for 
  peace 
  and 
  

   obtained 
  a 
  truce 
  till 
  spring. 
  Lieutenant 
  Governor 
  Colden 
  thought 
  

  

  