﻿34 
  2 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  men 
  on 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  making 
  light 
  of 
  it 
  till 
  told 
  they 
  were 
  

   British 
  subjects. 
  Then 
  they 
  came 
  to 
  Johnson, 
  proposing 
  to 
  cover 
  

   their 
  graves, 
  but 
  he 
  insisted 
  they 
  should 
  give 
  up 
  the 
  murderers, 
  

   which 
  they 
  promised 
  to 
  do. 
  The 
  notorious 
  George 
  Klock 
  had 
  

   long 
  been 
  hiding 
  from 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  and 
  had 
  lately 
  a 
  great 
  

   quarrel 
  with 
  the 
  Canajoharie 
  chiefs. 
  Then 
  he 
  got 
  three 
  young 
  

   Mohawks 
  to 
  go 
  with 
  him 
  to 
  a 
  seaport, 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  England. 
  

  

  In 
  April 
  1774 
  Sir 
  William 
  nominated 
  Col. 
  Guy 
  Johnson, 
  his 
  

   son-in-law, 
  as 
  his 
  successor 
  at 
  his 
  death, 
  agreeably 
  to 
  the 
  wish 
  

   of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  The 
  same 
  month 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  

   260 
  Iroquois, 
  who 
  delivered 
  up 
  two 
  Senecas 
  concerned 
  in 
  the 
  

   murder 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  Frenchmen, 
  though 
  this 
  was 
  opposed 
  to 
  their 
  

   ancient 
  customs. 
  As 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  kind, 
  he 
  

   thought 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  good 
  policy 
  to 
  discharge 
  the 
  offenders 
  soon. 
  

   It 
  was 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  that 
  Governor 
  Tryon 
  reckoned 
  the 
  Six 
  

   Nations 
  as 
  10,000 
  souls 
  and 
  2000 
  warriors. 
  

  

  In 
  June 
  1774 
  occurred 
  the 
  murder 
  of 
  Logan's 
  family, 
  popularly 
  

   ascribed 
  to 
  Colonel 
  Cresap 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  Three 
  of 
  Shikellimy's 
  

   sons 
  survived 
  him, 
  all 
  being 
  Cayugas, 
  because 
  their 
  mother 
  was 
  

   of 
  that 
  nation, 
  though 
  their 
  father 
  was 
  an 
  Oneida 
  chief. 
  The 
  

   eldest 
  was 
  Taghneghtoris, 
  or 
  John 
  Shikellimy, 
  who 
  succeeded 
  

   his 
  father 
  for 
  a 
  time. 
  The 
  second 
  was 
  Soyeghtowa, 
  or 
  James 
  

   Logan, 
  the 
  unfortunate 
  chief 
  whose 
  eloquent 
  speech 
  Thomas 
  

   Jefferson 
  so 
  highly 
  praised. 
  The 
  youngest 
  was 
  Sagogehyata, 
  

   or 
  John 
  Petty, 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  Indian 
  name 
  as 
  Red 
  Jacket, 
  a 
  

   favorite 
  one 
  with 
  the 
  Cayugas. 
  The 
  murdered 
  people 
  having 
  

   many 
  relatives 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  a 
  strong 
  feeling 
  was 
  aroused, 
  

   though 
  the 
  war 
  was 
  confined 
  to 
  Virginia, 
  Logan 
  himself 
  refrain- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  harming 
  his 
  early 
  Pennsylvania 
  friends. 
  

  

  The 
  Six 
  Nations 
  asked 
  Johnson 
  to 
  release 
  the 
  two 
  young 
  Sen- 
  

   ecas, 
  which 
  he 
  hoped 
  to 
  do, 
  and 
  which 
  the 
  king 
  soon 
  commanded. 
  

   One 
  died 
  before 
  release 
  and 
  was 
  condoled 
  July 
  9, 
  a 
  council 
  having 
  

   assembled 
  at 
  Johnson 
  Hall 
  that 
  month. 
  Sir 
  William 
  held 
  several 
  

   conferences 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  promised 
  for 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  and 
  their 
  head 
  wonfen, 
  who 
  had 
  much 
  influence 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  