﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  345 
  

  

  refered 
  themselves 
  intirely 
  to 
  our 
  Government 
  and 
  determination, 
  

   they 
  have 
  joined 
  their 
  words 
  to 
  us, 
  who 
  are 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  

   whole, 
  and 
  you 
  now 
  see 
  them 
  all 
  in 
  us 
  here 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  Six 
  Nations 
  were 
  indeed 
  alarmed 
  at 
  the 
  invasion 
  of 
  the 
  

   Shawnees' 
  country 
  by 
  Virginia 
  ; 
  and, 
  though 
  the 
  Shawnees 
  

   handled 
  their 
  foes 
  severely, 
  a 
  real 
  defeat 
  and 
  this 
  stern 
  answer 
  

   left 
  them 
  no 
  hope. 
  Happily 
  for 
  all, 
  the 
  war 
  was 
  soon 
  over 
  and 
  

   was 
  forgotten 
  in 
  the 
  stirring 
  events 
  which 
  followed. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  union 
  belt, 
  given 
  them 
  before 
  the 
  last 
  war, 
  and 
  

   which 
  had 
  always 
  lain 
  at 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  council 
  fire, 
  was 
  now 
  

   placed 
  at 
  the 
  western 
  door 
  of 
  the 
  league, 
  among 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  

   Another 
  belt, 
  now 
  given 
  by 
  Colonel 
  Johnson, 
  they 
  would 
  place 
  

   carefully 
  among 
  their 
  great 
  belts 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  often 
  looking 
  at 
  

   it 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  forget 
  no 
  part. 
  

  

  In 
  January 
  1775 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  chiefs 
  came 
  to 
  Colonel 
  Johnson 
  

   on 
  important 
  business. 
  The 
  Shawnees 
  had 
  sent 
  a 
  message 
  tell- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  their 
  treaty 
  with 
  Virginia, 
  and 
  a 
  statement 
  that 
  that 
  prov- 
  

   ince 
  intended 
  to 
  quarrel 
  with 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  

   were 
  invited 
  to 
  a 
  council 
  on 
  the 
  Ohio 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  The 
  Onei- 
  

   das 
  also 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Mr 
  Kirkland 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  king 
  

   would 
  allow 
  no 
  more 
  goods 
  to 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  colonies 
  or 
  Indians, 
  

   and 
  powder 
  would 
  soon 
  be 
  very 
  high. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  like 
  this, 
  

   as 
  things 
  were 
  already 
  dear. 
  The 
  Indians 
  would 
  decline 
  the 
  

   invitation 
  to 
  this 
  council, 
  but 
  would 
  call 
  the 
  Shawnees 
  to 
  one 
  in 
  

   New 
  York. 
  

  

  Just 
  as 
  the 
  conference 
  closed 
  some 
  Shawnees 
  came 
  with 
  a 
  

   second 
  message 
  that 
  seven 
  Senecas 
  were 
  condemned 
  to 
  death 
  

   at 
  Fort 
  Pitt, 
  having 
  lived 
  with 
  the 
  Shawnees 
  and 
  taken 
  their 
  

   part. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  blamed 
  their 
  conduct, 
  but 
  asked 
  Johnson's 
  

   interposition. 
  He 
  said 
  they 
  were 
  held 
  only 
  as 
  hostages 
  till 
  their 
  

   Scioto 
  friends 
  should 
  lay 
  down 
  their 
  arms. 
  They 
  had 
  been 
  so 
  

   long 
  estranged 
  that 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  need 
  not 
  interest 
  themselves, 
  

   but 
  consider 
  them 
  as 
  wrongdoers. 
  The 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  Kaya- 
  

   shuta, 
  had 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  Virginia 
  in 
  their 
  behalf, 
  

   as 
  they 
  were 
  connections 
  of 
  some 
  principal 
  chiefs. 
  Two 
  were 
  

   released 
  and 
  the 
  irons 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  rest. 
  

  

  