﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  335 
  

  

  Fort 
  Ontario, 
  at 
  Oswego, 
  evacuated 
  or 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  footing 
  

   with 
  Fort 
  Stanwix. 
  The 
  Indians 
  answered 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  stay 
  

   and 
  the 
  others 
  also, 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  civilly 
  treated 
  at 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  year 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  arriving 
  there 
  July 
  10, 
  

   1769. 
  The 
  chiefs 
  of 
  that 
  nation 
  and 
  neighboring 
  villages 
  were 
  

   in 
  great 
  need 
  of 
  corn 
  from 
  a 
  failure 
  of 
  their 
  crops. 
  Before 
  the 
  

   public 
  council 
  he 
  held 
  several 
  private 
  conferences 
  with 
  chiefs 
  in 
  

   their 
  hunting 
  cabins. 
  Returning 
  late 
  one 
  night, 
  his 
  canoe 
  upset, 
  

   and 
  in 
  ascending 
  the 
  bank 
  he 
  hurt 
  his 
  wounded 
  leg. 
  When 
  a 
  

   little 
  easier, 
  he 
  held 
  a 
  council. 
  Then 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  met 
  

   500 
  Indians, 
  and 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  where 
  he 
  met 
  2000 
  more. 
  

   While 
  he 
  was 
  there, 
  word 
  came 
  that 
  some 
  Cherokees 
  were 
  on 
  

   their 
  way 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  to 
  attend 
  a 
  general 
  council 
  in 
  September. 
  

   These 
  chiefs 
  afterward 
  spoke 
  with 
  20 
  belts, 
  desiring 
  to 
  renew 
  

   and 
  strengthen 
  their 
  alliance. 
  During 
  his 
  stay 
  with 
  the 
  Senecas 
  

   Indians 
  came 
  from 
  several 
  nations 
  with 
  belts 
  of 
  union 
  etc. 
  At 
  

   this 
  time 
  Johnson 
  reported 
  2000 
  warriors 
  among 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  

   His 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  prayer 
  book 
  was 
  finished 
  that 
  year, 
  

   400 
  copies 
  being 
  printed, 
  and 
  few 
  surviving 
  the 
  war. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Shamokin 
  Pa. 
  that 
  year, 
  which 
  illus- 
  

   trated 
  in 
  several 
  ways 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  religious 
  teaching 
  on 
  the 
  Six 
  

   Nations, 
  desultory 
  as 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  : 
  

  

  Sunday, 
  August 
  20, 
  1769. 
  — 
  The 
  Indians 
  having 
  understood 
  that 
  

   Doctor 
  Smith 
  was 
  to 
  have 
  Divine 
  Service 
  to 
  White 
  People 
  assem- 
  

   bled 
  at 
  the 
  Fort, 
  Seneca 
  George 
  sent 
  Notice 
  that 
  his 
  People 
  wor- 
  

   shipped 
  the 
  same 
  God 
  with 
  the 
  English, 
  and 
  would 
  attend 
  Divine 
  

   Service, 
  which 
  they 
  did 
  accordingly, 
  with 
  great 
  Decency, 
  and 
  

   Isaac 
  Still 
  interpreted 
  the 
  Conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  Discourse, 
  which 
  was 
  

   particularly 
  addressed 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  chief's 
  son 
  had 
  been 
  shot 
  in 
  July 
  by 
  a 
  nephew 
  of 
  Conrad 
  

   Weiser, 
  and 
  Frederick 
  Weiser 
  spoke 
  of 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  council. 
  

  

  Seneca 
  George 
  was 
  much 
  affected 
  when 
  the 
  matter 
  was 
  brought 
  

   up 
  and 
  said, 
  " 
  He 
  was 
  all 
  the 
  Child 
  I 
  had 
  ; 
  and 
  now 
  I 
  am 
  old, 
  

   the 
  loss 
  of 
  him 
  hath 
  almost 
  entirely 
  cut 
  away 
  mv 
  Heart, 
  but 
  I 
  

   am 
  yet 
  pleased 
  my 
  Brother 
  Weiser, 
  the 
  Son 
  of 
  my 
  old 
  Friend, 
  

   has 
  taken 
  this 
  Method 
  to 
  dry 
  my 
  Tears. 
  

  

  