﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  333 
  

  

  murders. 
  A 
  small 
  hatchet 
  still 
  out 
  against 
  the 
  Cherokees 
  would 
  

   be 
  called 
  back. 
  Etiquette 
  ruled 
  on 
  this 
  occasion, 
  and 
  Tagawarra, 
  

   a 
  chief 
  warrior 
  of 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  rose 
  to 
  correct 
  some 
  errors 
  of 
  the 
  

   sachems: 
  Some 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  the 
  Cherokees 
  might 
  

   lie 
  along 
  the 
  road 
  both 
  were 
  now 
  to 
  travel. 
  He 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  We 
  

   therefore 
  now 
  collect 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  both 
  people, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  

   manner 
  of 
  our 
  ancestors, 
  we 
  inter 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  deep 
  pit, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   water 
  shall 
  carry 
  them 
  away, 
  forever 
  from 
  our 
  sight." 
  

  

  Johnson 
  took 
  a 
  severe 
  cold 
  while 
  attending 
  this 
  open 
  air 
  council 
  

   and 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  seashore 
  for 
  his 
  health 
  Ap. 
  24, 
  leaving 
  Guy 
  

   Johnson 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  affairs. 
  The 
  necessary 
  belts 
  were 
  sent 
  for 
  

   the 
  boundary 
  conference, 
  but 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  held 
  before 
  Sep- 
  

   tember. 
  Indian 
  affairs 
  westward 
  looked 
  bad, 
  and 
  bad 
  belts 
  had 
  

   come 
  to 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  In 
  August, 
  however, 
  Governor 
  Moore 
  

   was 
  able 
  to 
  settle 
  the 
  60 
  years 
  dispute 
  about 
  the 
  Kayaderosseras 
  

   patent 
  ; 
  the 
  patentees 
  releasing 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  claimed 
  to 
  the 
  

   Indians, 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  giving 
  up 
  the 
  surveyed 
  portions 
  on 
  the 
  

   receipt 
  of 
  $5000. 
  In 
  an 
  earlier 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  country, 
  

   Governor 
  Moore 
  examined 
  the 
  carrying 
  place 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls, 
  

   surveying 
  that 
  ground 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  making 
  a 
  canal 
  there 
  and 
  

   avoiding 
  a 
  portage. 
  This 
  he 
  would 
  recommend 
  to 
  the 
  Assembly. 
  

   The 
  carrying 
  places 
  afforded 
  a 
  considerable 
  revenue 
  to 
  Indians 
  

   disposed 
  to 
  work. 
  

  

  In 
  September 
  Johnson 
  went 
  to 
  Fort 
  Stanwix 
  for 
  the 
  boundary 
  

   conference. 
  The 
  Indians 
  came 
  in 
  slowly; 
  but 
  by 
  Oct. 
  1 
  there 
  

   were 
  805 
  there. 
  Those 
  of 
  most 
  consequence 
  had 
  not 
  come, 
  a 
  

   Seneca 
  chief 
  having 
  died 
  suddenly, 
  whom 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   condole 
  in 
  that 
  country. 
  This 
  delay 
  occasioned 
  great 
  expense, 
  

   as 
  by 
  Oct. 
  14 
  there 
  were 
  930 
  Indians 
  present, 
  each 
  of 
  whom 
  ate 
  

   more 
  than 
  two 
  ordinary 
  white 
  men, 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  like 
  to 
  be 
  stinted 
  

   at 
  councils. 
  Worse 
  than 
  this, 
  there 
  were 
  private 
  belts 
  passing 
  

   among 
  them 
  and 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  stories. 
  Those 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  most 
  

   desirous 
  of 
  a 
  boundary 
  line 
  now 
  cared 
  least 
  for 
  it. 
  The 
  French 
  

   and 
  Spaniards 
  had 
  given 
  a 
  formal 
  invitation 
  to 
  a 
  general 
  Indian 
  

   council 
  at 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  and 
  this 
  might 
  make 
  trouble. 
  

  

  