﻿33° 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  Indians 
  should 
  be 
  under 
  stricter 
  regulations. 
  He 
  had 
  always 
  

   relied 
  on 
  a 
  few 
  approved 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  nations, 
  whom 
  he 
  

   had 
  known 
  for 
  20 
  years 
  and 
  who 
  had 
  never 
  deceived 
  him. 
  These 
  

   were 
  now 
  alarmed 
  at 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  his 
  health 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  also 
  

   growing 
  old. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  nations 
  were 
  increasing, 
  having 
  

   been 
  long 
  at 
  peace, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  warriors, 
  too, 
  whereas 
  the 
  Eng- 
  

   lish 
  were 
  traders. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  traders 
  pushed 
  into 
  the 
  heart 
  

   of 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  this 
  might 
  lead 
  to 
  trouble. 
  They 
  wanted 
  

   traders, 
  but 
  honest 
  ones, 
  and 
  these 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  always 
  have. 
  

   There 
  was 
  dissatisfaction 
  among 
  them 
  ; 
  and, 
  unless 
  he 
  could 
  do 
  

   them 
  justice, 
  evil 
  might 
  follow. 
  The 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  

   Seneca 
  chief, 
  who 
  was 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  English, 
  might 
  remove 
  a 
  

   bar 
  to 
  "the 
  discontent 
  amongst 
  these 
  jealous 
  and 
  troublesome 
  

   people." 
  To 
  ascertain 
  the 
  exact 
  condition 
  of 
  affairs, 
  he 
  would 
  

   at 
  once 
  visit 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  country, 
  under 
  pretense 
  of 
  a 
  tour 
  

   for 
  health. 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  channel 
  for 
  religious 
  instruction 
  to 
  the 
  Indians, 
  he 
  

   thought, 
  was 
  through 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  but 
  practically 
  there 
  was 
  

   no 
  missionary 
  in 
  these. 
  The 
  one 
  at 
  Albany 
  preached 
  to 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks 
  occasionally; 
  but, 
  if 
  some 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  read 
  the 
  

   books 
  given 
  them 
  by 
  Johnson, 
  in 
  their 
  language, 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  

   been 
  almost 
  strangers 
  to 
  Christianity. 
  The 
  New 
  England 
  Society 
  

   had 
  sent 
  some 
  young 
  persons, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  orders, 
  to 
  Oneida 
  

   and 
  Onoghquaga 
  and 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  but 
  these 
  had 
  little 
  suc- 
  

   cess. 
  Distinctions 
  in 
  religion 
  perplexed 
  the 
  Indians. 
  They 
  liked 
  

   pomp 
  and 
  ceremony 
  in 
  worship, 
  and 
  mistakes 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  

   trying 
  to 
  abolish 
  at 
  once 
  innocent 
  dances, 
  rejoicings 
  at 
  weddings, 
  

   etc. 
  Both 
  discretion 
  and 
  ability 
  were 
  necessary 
  for 
  successful 
  

   missionary 
  work 
  among 
  them. 
  

  

  Johnson 
  returned 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  October. 
  Things 
  did 
  not 
  

   look 
  favorable 
  there. 
  At 
  a 
  council 
  the 
  Indians 
  brought 
  up 
  their 
  

   many 
  grievances, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  busy 
  among 
  them. 
  The 
  

   Onondagas 
  did 
  not 
  wish 
  to 
  be 
  hostile, 
  but 
  would 
  not 
  answer 
  for 
  

   any 
  one, 
  injured 
  as 
  they 
  were. 
  Bad 
  belts 
  and 
  messages 
  were 
  

   daily 
  sent 
  among 
  them. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  and 
  Mississagas 
  quarreled 
  

   at 
  the 
  Niagara 
  portage, 
  and 
  Norman 
  Mac 
  Clod, 
  commissary 
  of 
  

  

  