﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  34I 
  

  

  north 
  were 
  reliable 
  men. 
  The 
  Shawnees, 
  he 
  said, 
  had 
  no 
  title 
  

   to 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  where 
  they 
  lived, 
  " 
  having 
  been 
  

   often 
  moved 
  from 
  place 
  to 
  place 
  by 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations." 
  When 
  

   this 
  council 
  met 
  the 
  Piankashaws, 
  Kickapoos 
  and 
  Wabash 
  

   Indians 
  did 
  not 
  attend 
  because 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  had 
  killed 
  some 
  

   of 
  their 
  people 
  the 
  year 
  before. 
  The 
  absentees 
  were 
  reproved, 
  

   and 
  messages 
  were 
  sent 
  them. 
  The 
  bad 
  belts 
  sent 
  by 
  Guastarax, 
  

   the 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  were 
  called 
  for, 
  but 
  had 
  been 
  stopped 
  by 
  the 
  

   Cherokees. 
  Other 
  bad 
  belts 
  were 
  produced, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  

   a 
  French 
  belt, 
  among 
  the 
  largest 
  Johnson 
  had 
  ever 
  seen. 
  

  

  Those 
  present 
  promised 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  bring 
  all 
  

   the 
  belts, 
  but 
  were 
  not 
  there 
  at 
  the 
  appointed 
  time. 
  Johnson 
  

   proposed 
  they 
  should 
  bring 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Senecas 
  nearer 
  home. 
  

   There 
  were 
  difficulties. 
  Traders 
  needed 
  regulating, 
  and 
  fron- 
  

   tiersmen 
  were 
  lawless 
  and 
  troublesome. 
  A 
  secret 
  alliance 
  was 
  

   in 
  progress 
  in 
  the 
  southwest, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  this 
  some 
  Shaw- 
  

   nees 
  and 
  Delawares 
  proposed 
  sending 
  a 
  deputation 
  to 
  England, 
  

   to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  were 
  unfriendly 
  to 
  them 
  and 
  ask 
  to 
  

   be 
  freed 
  from 
  their 
  rule. 
  

  

  The 
  latter 
  sent 
  to 
  require 
  their 
  emigrants 
  to 
  live 
  nearer 
  home 
  

   and 
  then 
  called 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  which 
  was 
  held 
  the 
  next 
  

   winter, 
  where 
  they 
  convinced 
  the 
  Senecas 
  of 
  their 
  misconduct. 
  

   It 
  was 
  of 
  the 
  utmost 
  importance 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  friendship 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  war, 
  for 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  friends 
  

   or 
  most 
  dangerous 
  of 
  enemies. 
  This 
  was 
  particularly 
  so 
  with 
  

   the 
  Senecas, 
  whose 
  belts 
  had 
  done 
  harm. 
  

  

  In 
  1773 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  summoned 
  the 
  Pian- 
  

   kashaws 
  and 
  other 
  troublesome 
  w 
  r 
  estern 
  nations 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  

   fireplace 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  ■ 
  " 
  We 
  have 
  already 
  called 
  upon 
  them 
  

   twice, 
  and 
  agreeably 
  to 
  our 
  ancient 
  customs 
  shall 
  do 
  so 
  the 
  third 
  

   time, 
  before 
  we 
  strike." 
  They 
  objected 
  to 
  being 
  called 
  to 
  account 
  

   for 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  every 
  lawless 
  trader. 
  The 
  French 
  were 
  more 
  

   reasonable. 
  

  

  Johnson 
  again 
  complained 
  of 
  the 
  pioneers, 
  who 
  generally 
  had 
  

   a 
  prejudice 
  against 
  all 
  Indians, 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  were 
  disposed 
  to 
  

   retaliate. 
  So 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Senegas 
  had 
  killed 
  four 
  French- 
  

  

  