﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  325 
  

  

  it 
  would 
  still 
  be 
  wise 
  to 
  punish 
  the 
  troublesome 
  Senecas. 
  They 
  

   had 
  sent 
  deputies 
  to 
  Johnson 
  with 
  offers 
  of 
  peace, 
  laying 
  the 
  

   blame 
  on 
  the 
  Delawares 
  and 
  Shawnees. 
  If 
  matters 
  could 
  be 
  

   arranged, 
  they 
  were 
  ready 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  English 
  and 
  help 
  subdue 
  

   the 
  authors 
  of 
  the 
  war. 
  The 
  other 
  nations 
  seconded 
  their 
  request, 
  

   and 
  Johnson 
  favored 
  pacific 
  measures. 
  

  

  He 
  advised 
  that 
  each 
  confederacy 
  should 
  separately 
  guaran- 
  

   tee 
  free 
  passage 
  to 
  the 
  English 
  ; 
  that 
  the 
  Senecas 
  should 
  give 
  

   up 
  the 
  Niagara 
  portage 
  ; 
  that 
  the 
  French 
  should 
  be 
  sent 
  away 
  

   from 
  Michilimackinac, 
  Miami 
  etc., 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  Jesuit 
  missions 
  

   should 
  be 
  abolished 
  for 
  political 
  reasons. 
  He 
  had 
  given 
  the 
  war 
  

   belt 
  to 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  and 
  Tuscaroras, 
  who 
  heartily 
  received 
  it, 
  

   and 
  he 
  hoped 
  much 
  from 
  this. 
  

  

  At 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  towns 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  had 
  quite 
  a 
  mixed 
  

   population. 
  Thus 
  in 
  September 
  1763 
  a 
  Nanticoke 
  chief 
  brought 
  

   messages 
  to 
  Philadelphia 
  from 
  " 
  The 
  Oneidas, 
  Tuscaroras, 
  Dela- 
  

   wares, 
  and 
  Munseys, 
  living 
  at 
  Onohoquagey; 
  Nanticokes, 
  Con- 
  

   oys, 
  Onondagoes, 
  & 
  Mohickons 
  at 
  Chenango 
  ; 
  Cayuga 
  & 
  Mun- 
  

   sies 
  at 
  Chokenote." 
  

  

  Dec. 
  14 
  six 
  Conestogas 
  were 
  killed 
  and 
  scalped 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   by 
  a 
  mob 
  of 
  white 
  men, 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  mob 
  broke 
  into 
  a 
  workhouse 
  

   and 
  killed 
  14 
  more 
  Dec. 
  27. 
  On 
  this, 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  Council 
  

   sent 
  140 
  Conestogas 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  safety, 
  but 
  the 
  authorities 
  

   there 
  refused 
  to 
  receive 
  them 
  and 
  sent 
  them 
  back. 
  

  

  Hostilities 
  continued. 
  In 
  February 
  1764 
  Johnson 
  sent 
  several 
  

   Iroquois 
  parties, 
  numbering 
  about 
  200, 
  to 
  the 
  forks 
  and 
  branches 
  

   of 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  against 
  the 
  enemy. 
  The 
  first 
  party 
  sur- 
  

   prised 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  Delawares 
  Feb. 
  2J, 
  at 
  the 
  main 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  

   river, 
  who 
  were 
  going 
  against 
  the 
  English. 
  The 
  whole 
  band 
  was 
  

   taken, 
  and 
  among 
  the 
  41 
  prisoners 
  was 
  their 
  chief, 
  Captain 
  Bull, 
  

   a 
  son 
  of 
  Teedyuscung 
  and 
  an 
  active 
  foe. 
  

  

  Pontiac 
  was 
  still 
  disposed 
  to 
  be 
  hostile 
  at 
  Detroit. 
  Gen. 
  

   Thomas 
  Gage 
  spoke 
  of 
  him 
  as 
  " 
  a 
  person 
  of 
  extra 
  abilities." 
  He 
  

   kept 
  two 
  secretaries 
  ; 
  one 
  to 
  read 
  letters, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  to 
  write 
  

   answers, 
  each 
  being 
  ignorant 
  of 
  what 
  the 
  other 
  did. 
  

  

  Out 
  of 
  the 
  41 
  Delaware 
  prisoners, 
  14 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  