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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  He 
  made 
  a 
  most 
  affecting 
  speech 
  expressing 
  his 
  forgiveness, 
  

   ending 
  by 
  saying 
  to 
  all 
  present, 
  while 
  extending 
  his 
  arms 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Nor 
  have 
  I 
  any 
  ill-will 
  to 
  any 
  of 
  you, 
  my 
  Brethren 
  the 
  Eng- 
  

   lish." 
  That 
  manly 
  Spirit 
  of 
  Forgiveness 
  and 
  Reconciliation 
  

   which 
  Seneca 
  George 
  showed 
  on 
  this 
  Occasion, 
  by 
  his 
  Looks, 
  

   Gesture, 
  and 
  whole 
  Action, 
  made 
  some 
  of 
  those 
  at 
  the 
  Table 
  cry 
  

   out 
  as 
  he 
  ran 
  up, 
  holding 
  out 
  his 
  hand 
  to 
  them, 
  " 
  This 
  is 
  Noble," 
  

   for 
  here 
  his 
  Speech 
  stood 
  in 
  need 
  of 
  no 
  Interpretation. 
  

  

  Joseph 
  Chew 
  wrote 
  to 
  Johnson 
  about 
  missionary 
  work 
  and 
  

   settlements 
  among 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  and 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  Numbers 
  of 
  the 
  Saints 
  have 
  applied 
  to 
  me. 
  I 
  informed 
  them 
  

   that 
  I 
  heard 
  the 
  Seneca 
  and 
  Onondaga 
  sachems 
  say 
  none 
  of 
  

   them 
  should 
  come 
  amongst 
  them, 
  until 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  grew 
  better 
  

   and 
  reformed 
  their 
  manners. 
  

  

  In 
  July 
  1770 
  Johnson 
  had 
  a 
  great 
  Indian 
  congress 
  at 
  German 
  

   Flats. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  time 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  scarcity, 
  caterpillars 
  having 
  

   devoured 
  the 
  crops, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  country 
  many 
  fields 
  were 
  

   entirely 
  ruined. 
  There 
  were 
  other 
  adverse 
  circumstances, 
  for 
  

   farther 
  south 
  the 
  whites 
  still 
  wantonly 
  killed 
  Indians 
  and 
  made 
  

   trouble 
  in 
  many 
  ways. 
  Some 
  Algonquins 
  came 
  to 
  this 
  congress 
  

   and 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  seven 
  canoes 
  of 
  Ojibwas 
  were 
  at 
  Oswego, 
  on 
  

   their 
  way. 
  

  

  The 
  Bunt 
  and 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  speaker 
  waited 
  on 
  Sir 
  William 
  

   and 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  Diaquanda, 
  their 
  head 
  warrior, 
  had 
  refused 
  to 
  

   attend 
  to 
  business 
  and 
  had 
  encamped 
  with 
  another 
  nation. 
  As 
  

   he 
  was 
  the 
  particular 
  friend 
  of 
  Johnson, 
  the 
  latter 
  soon 
  persuaded 
  

   him 
  to 
  do 
  better. 
  During 
  the 
  treaty 
  2320 
  Indians 
  were 
  present, 
  

   and 
  it 
  w 
  r 
  as 
  difficult 
  to 
  feed 
  all 
  these 
  in 
  a 
  time 
  of 
  dearth. 
  The 
  

   Cherokees 
  sent 
  seven 
  deputies, 
  desiring 
  peace, 
  and 
  Johnson 
  urged 
  

   this, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  wished 
  for 
  war. 
  Yet 
  they 
  con- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  make 
  no 
  war 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  Indians 
  unless 
  they 
  were 
  

   troublesome. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  said 
  they 
  were 
  now 
  Christians 
  and 
  

   had 
  a 
  church, 
  but 
  were 
  neglected, 
  having 
  no 
  minister. 
  All 
  the 
  

   nations 
  said 
  Yo-hah 
  to 
  the 
  covenant 
  chain, 
  and 
  the 
  council 
  broke 
  

   up 
  pleasantly, 
  several 
  private 
  conferences 
  following. 
  That 
  year 
  

   the 
  Rev. 
  John 
  Stuart 
  took 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  mission 
  and 
  

   was 
  thorough 
  and 
  successful, 
  living 
  on 
  the 
  spot. 
  

  

  