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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  this 
  in 
  speeches, 
  meaning 
  great. 
  Joseph 
  Chew, 
  secretary 
  of 
  

   Indian 
  affairs, 
  had 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Decariaderoga, 
  Junction 
  of 
  Two 
  

   Lakes 
  of 
  Different 
  Qualities. 
  

  

  They 
  were 
  trying 
  to 
  recall 
  their 
  people 
  and 
  prevent 
  war, 
  but 
  

   few 
  had 
  come 
  back. 
  They 
  had 
  also 
  found 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  belt 
  

   with 
  two 
  axes 
  on 
  it, 
  given 
  to 
  an 
  Oneida 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  at 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  war. 
  When 
  the 
  French 
  raised 
  themselves, 
  the 
  

   belt 
  would 
  shake, 
  and 
  the 
  Oneida 
  must 
  be 
  ready 
  to 
  strike 
  for 
  

   them. 
  He 
  had 
  kept 
  this 
  secret 
  till 
  his 
  death, 
  and 
  now 
  his 
  wife 
  

   wished 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  belt 
  apart 
  for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  the 
  wampum. 
  John- 
  

   son 
  readily 
  bought 
  the 
  belt. 
  

  

  The 
  Onondagas, 
  considering 
  the 
  great 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  Bunt, 
  Sir 
  

   William 
  Johnson's 
  friend, 
  had 
  nominated 
  " 
  Onagogare 
  who 
  is 
  

   to 
  succeed 
  the 
  Bunt 
  at 
  Chenughivata." 
  This 
  seems 
  meant 
  for 
  

   alias 
  Chenughivata, 
  one 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Otschiniata. 
  

   There 
  were 
  other 
  changes. 
  Deputies 
  had 
  come 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  

   from 
  18 
  western 
  nations 
  to 
  say 
  they 
  would 
  abide 
  by 
  the 
  decisions 
  

   of 
  the 
  council 
  there. 
  When 
  the 
  Shawnees 
  came 
  there 
  in 
  August, 
  

   they 
  demanded 
  aid 
  in 
  full 
  form. 
  They 
  would 
  not 
  accept 
  a 
  belt 
  

   of 
  peace 
  but 
  demanded 
  a 
  hatchet 
  to 
  strike 
  the 
  English, 
  " 
  which 
  

   so 
  enraged 
  King 
  Bunt 
  that 
  he 
  threw 
  their 
  belt 
  back 
  with 
  great 
  

   resentment." 
  

  

  Kayashuta, 
  a 
  Seneca 
  chief 
  in 
  Ohio, 
  had 
  been 
  very 
  useful 
  in 
  

   peace 
  measures, 
  and 
  carried 
  a 
  call 
  for 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  

   November. 
  It 
  opened 
  Nov. 
  5 
  with 
  a 
  full 
  attendance, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Shawnee 
  affair 
  was 
  at 
  once 
  taken 
  up, 
  each 
  nation 
  declaring 
  its 
  

   opinion 
  and 
  agreeing 
  to 
  maintain 
  peace. 
  The 
  whole 
  message 
  to 
  

   the 
  Shawnees 
  was 
  vigorous, 
  as 
  an 
  extract 
  will 
  show 
  : 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  been 
  twice 
  here 
  to 
  advise 
  you 
  to 
  peace, 
  but 
  you 
  have 
  

   not 
  attended, 
  and 
  in 
  compliance 
  with 
  our 
  ancient 
  customs, 
  we 
  are 
  

   come 
  the 
  third 
  time 
  to 
  tell 
  you, 
  you 
  must 
  be 
  at 
  peace, 
  this 
  is 
  

   the 
  third 
  time, 
  & 
  the 
  last 
  that 
  you 
  shall 
  hear 
  from 
  us 
  if 
  you 
  

   do 
  not 
  hearken 
  to 
  us. 
  . 
  . 
  Leave 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  War, 
  repent 
  

   and 
  mind 
  peace 
  alone 
  and 
  then 
  you 
  will 
  be 
  preserved. 
  Quarrel- 
  

   some 
  people 
  are 
  dangerous, 
  we 
  advise 
  you 
  for 
  your 
  good, 
  for 
  we 
  

   pity 
  you. 
  . 
  . 
  Mind 
  our 
  words, 
  they 
  are 
  strong, 
  they 
  are 
  words 
  

   of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  who 
  are 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  Confederacy; 
  all 
  

   the 
  Northern 
  nations 
  have 
  left 
  their 
  Belts 
  in 
  our 
  hands 
  and 
  

  

  