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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Some 
  lawless 
  people 
  again 
  made 
  trouble 
  in 
  1766 
  by 
  settling 
  

   on 
  land 
  beyond 
  Fort 
  Pitt 
  and 
  killing 
  Indians 
  there. 
  In 
  July 
  

   Johnson 
  had 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Oswego 
  with 
  Pontiac 
  and 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ottawas, 
  Pottawattomies, 
  Hurons 
  and 
  Ojibwas, 
  which 
  he 
  opened 
  

   with 
  the 
  usual 
  ceremonies, 
  and 
  then 
  caused 
  Pontiac's 
  pipe 
  to 
  be 
  

   lighted 
  and 
  passed 
  to 
  all 
  present 
  by 
  the 
  interpreter. 
  The 
  Iro- 
  

   quois, 
  who 
  were 
  present, 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  used 
  the 
  calumet 
  less 
  for- 
  

   mally 
  than 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  western 
  Indians. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  third 
  day 
  Otschiniata 
  came 
  with 
  some 
  Onondaga 
  war- 
  

   riors, 
  desiring 
  a 
  hearing. 
  They 
  had 
  come 
  back 
  with 
  a 
  Cherokee 
  

   scalp 
  and 
  gave 
  it 
  to 
  Sir 
  William 
  to 
  be 
  disposed 
  of 
  after 
  they 
  had 
  

   painted 
  the 
  scalp 
  belt 
  attached 
  to 
  it. 
  He 
  gave 
  them 
  pipes, 
  

   tobacco 
  and 
  liquor, 
  and 
  they 
  crossed 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  danced 
  all 
  

   night. 
  The 
  council 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  a 
  bower 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose. 
  Teyawarunte, 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  speaker, 
  stood 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  full 
  

   council 
  afterward 
  and 
  replaced 
  Ganughsadega, 
  former 
  speaker 
  of 
  

   the 
  Onondagas, 
  in 
  Johnson's 
  name, 
  as 
  he 
  had 
  long 
  ago 
  given 
  a 
  

   large 
  black 
  belt 
  of 
  wampum 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  The 
  scalp 
  was 
  

   taken 
  by 
  Karaghiagigo, 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  friend 
  of 
  Sir 
  William. 
  

  

  Pontiac 
  said 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  belts 
  that 
  went 
  northward 
  went 
  by 
  his 
  

   village 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  It 
  would 
  take 
  long 
  to 
  gather 
  

   them, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  man 
  could 
  carry. 
  Only 
  one 
  

   bad 
  belt 
  had 
  come 
  from 
  him, 
  and 
  he 
  now 
  recalled 
  this 
  from 
  the 
  

   Six 
  Nations, 
  begging 
  them 
  to 
  return 
  it. 
  " 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  speaker 
  

   lighted 
  a 
  calumet 
  of 
  peace, 
  which 
  Sir 
  William 
  left 
  in 
  their 
  hands 
  

   many 
  years 
  ago 
  for 
  that 
  purpose, 
  and 
  handed 
  it 
  about 
  to 
  the 
  

   Western 
  Indians." 
  He 
  then.addressed 
  them 
  on 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  wam- 
  

   pum, 
  exhorting 
  all 
  to 
  peace. 
  The 
  report 
  that 
  some 
  Onondagas 
  

   had 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  English 
  near 
  Fort 
  Pitt 
  was 
  false, 
  for 
  they 
  

   were 
  now 
  present. 
  He 
  asked 
  that 
  a 
  Frenchman, 
  now 
  trading 
  

   there 
  for 
  ginseng, 
  might 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  live 
  among 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  

   and 
  Oneidas, 
  or 
  on 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  liked 
  no 
  

   troublesome 
  belts, 
  and 
  none 
  such 
  should 
  come 
  to 
  their 
  town 
  or 
  

   council 
  ; 
  they 
  therefore 
  left 
  the 
  withdrawal 
  of 
  Pontiac's 
  belt 
  to 
  

   the 
  Senecas, 
  Cayugas 
  and 
  Oneidas. 
  That 
  chief 
  promised 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  friendship 
  and 
  peace. 
  

  

  