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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  rest 
  were 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  friendly 
  Indians 
  to 
  replace 
  

   deceased 
  relatives. 
  Another 
  small 
  party 
  had 
  equal 
  success, 
  and 
  

   the 
  alarmed 
  Senecas 
  sent 
  deputies 
  to 
  Johnson, 
  concluding 
  peace 
  

   with 
  him 
  Ap. 
  3. 
  They 
  were 
  to 
  deliver 
  up 
  all 
  prisoners, 
  desert- 
  

   ers, 
  Frenchmen 
  and 
  negroes 
  among 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  

   Canisteo 
  who 
  murdered 
  the 
  traders 
  in 
  1762. 
  They 
  also 
  ceded 
  the 
  

   whole 
  carrying 
  place 
  at 
  Niagara 
  to 
  the 
  English, 
  a 
  tract 
  14 
  miles 
  

   long 
  by 
  4 
  wide, 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  were 
  to 
  have 
  free 
  passage 
  

   through 
  the 
  Seneca 
  country. 
  

  

  Ap. 
  1, 
  1764, 
  Captain 
  Montour 
  led 
  140 
  Iroquois 
  from 
  Oquaga 
  

   and 
  found 
  Kanhaughton 
  abandoned. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  nearest 
  hostile 
  

   town 
  and 
  had 
  36 
  good 
  houses 
  of 
  squared 
  logs, 
  with 
  stone 
  chim- 
  

   neys. 
  They 
  burned 
  this 
  and 
  went 
  up 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  branch, 
  

   destroying 
  another 
  town 
  of 
  30 
  good 
  houses, 
  with 
  four 
  villages. 
  

   Then 
  they 
  went 
  to 
  Canisteo, 
  where 
  hostilities 
  commenced. 
  It 
  

   was 
  the 
  largest 
  Delaware 
  town, 
  and 
  they 
  burned 
  60 
  good 
  houses, 
  

   a 
  vast 
  amount 
  of 
  corn, 
  agricultural 
  implements 
  and 
  saddles. 
  

   Horses 
  and 
  cattle 
  were 
  many 
  but 
  in 
  poor 
  condition. 
  The 
  Dela- 
  

   wares 
  fled 
  to 
  the 
  Shawnees 
  and 
  were 
  pursued. 
  

  

  In 
  August 
  Johnson 
  held 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  western 
  Indians 
  at 
  

   Niagara, 
  nearly 
  all 
  being 
  represented, 
  with 
  1700 
  warriors 
  out 
  of 
  

   2060 
  present. 
  Peace 
  was 
  formally 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  hostile 
  Senecas 
  

   and 
  with 
  the 
  Hurons 
  of 
  Detroit. 
  Pontiac 
  sent 
  to 
  ask 
  peace. 
  The 
  

   rest 
  said 
  they 
  were 
  friends 
  already. 
  

  

  Indian 
  education 
  made 
  some 
  progress. 
  The 
  schoolmaster 
  at 
  

   Canajoharie 
  said 
  the 
  Indians 
  would 
  have 
  their 
  children 
  taught 
  

   but 
  not 
  chastised 
  by 
  him. 
  The 
  Rev. 
  Mr 
  Wheelock 
  sent 
  David 
  

   Fowler 
  to 
  settle 
  and 
  teach 
  at 
  Oneida 
  in 
  1765. 
  The 
  same 
  year 
  the 
  

   Rev. 
  Samuel 
  Kirkland 
  made 
  a 
  trip 
  to 
  the 
  Seneca 
  town 
  of 
  Kana- 
  

   desaga 
  at 
  Seneca 
  lake. 
  On 
  the 
  way 
  he 
  stopped 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  

   where 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  reception, 
  his 
  guide 
  explaining 
  his 
  mission 
  to 
  

   Otschiniata, 
  or 
  the 
  Bunt, 
  of 
  whom 
  Kirkland 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  venerable 
  old 
  chief 
  replied, 
  and 
  spoke 
  like 
  a 
  Demosthenes, 
  

   for 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  an 
  hour. 
  He 
  then 
  took 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  hand, 
  and 
  

   embraced 
  me, 
  kissed 
  one 
  cheek 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  other. 
  I 
  supposed 
  

   I 
  must 
  return 
  the 
  compliment; 
  I 
  accordingly 
  kissed 
  his 
  red 
  

  

  