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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  some 
  religious 
  troubles. 
  The 
  Oneidas 
  com- 
  

   plained 
  of 
  the 
  Congregational 
  minister's 
  refusal 
  to 
  baptize 
  their 
  

   children, 
  and 
  the 
  Oquagas 
  had 
  a 
  similiar 
  complaint. 
  Their 
  

   minister 
  excused 
  his 
  conduct 
  and 
  said 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  all 
  

   the 
  Tuscaroras 
  wished 
  him 
  to 
  remain. 
  Colonel 
  Johnson 
  did 
  not 
  

   want 
  to 
  interfere 
  in 
  religious 
  matters, 
  but 
  said 
  Old 
  Isaac 
  might 
  

   read 
  the 
  service, 
  as 
  he 
  did 
  it 
  well, 
  till 
  they 
  had 
  another 
  minister. 
  

   The 
  Tuscaroras 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  dictate, 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  newcomers. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  23 
  

  

  Protestant 
  missions. 
  Church 
  of 
  England. 
  Congregationalist. 
  Schools. 
  Fail- 
  

   ures 
  in 
  education. 
  Iroquois 
  loyal 
  to 
  the 
  king. 
  Asked 
  to 
  act 
  for 
  him. 
  Colonel 
  

   Johnson 
  leaves 
  home 
  for 
  Montreal. 
  Council 
  at 
  Oswego. 
  Americans 
  confer 
  

   with 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  Fire-keepers 
  chosen. 
  Brant 
  in 
  England. 
  Indians 
  divided. 
  

   Sir 
  John 
  Johnson 
  leaves 
  home. 
  Iroquois 
  at 
  Philadelphia. 
  Indian 
  aid. 
  Re- 
  

   turn 
  of 
  Brant. 
  Efforts 
  to 
  take 
  him. 
  His 
  personal 
  appearance. 
  Brant's 
  

   movements. 
  Herkimer's 
  interview. 
  Indians 
  hostile. 
  St 
  Leger's 
  expedition. 
  

   Presents. 
  Fort 
  Stanwix 
  besieged. 
  Battle 
  of 
  Oriskany. 
  St 
  Leger's 
  retreat. 
  

   Reported 
  burning 
  of 
  Indian 
  towns. 
  The 
  Susquehanna 
  deserted. 
  

  

  Before 
  entering 
  on 
  the 
  troubles 
  of 
  the 
  Revolution, 
  a 
  brief 
  

   sketch 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  Protestant 
  missions 
  among 
  

   the 
  Iroquois. 
  

  

  Dominie 
  Megapolensis 
  began 
  his 
  work 
  at 
  Albany 
  about 
  1642. 
  

   serving 
  six 
  years 
  irregularly, 
  preaching 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  and 
  

   making 
  some 
  converts. 
  The 
  Indians 
  were 
  pleased 
  to 
  hear 
  he 
  

   intended 
  going 
  into 
  " 
  their 
  own 
  country 
  and 
  castles 
  (about 
  three 
  

   days' 
  journey 
  farther 
  inland) 
  when 
  acquainted 
  with 
  their 
  lan- 
  

   guage." 
  He 
  befriended 
  Jogues. 
  

  

  Governor 
  Dongan 
  wished 
  English 
  priests 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  

   Dominie 
  Dellius 
  was 
  among 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  before 
  1691, 
  bap- 
  

   tizing 
  many. 
  The 
  Rev. 
  Bernardus 
  Freeman, 
  of 
  Schenectady, 
  

   reported 
  35 
  Mohawk 
  Christians 
  in 
  1701, 
  and 
  translated 
  into 
  Mo- 
  

   hawk 
  the 
  Athanasian 
  creed, 
  the 
  Ten 
  Commandments 
  and 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  prayer 
  book, 
  these 
  being 
  published 
  in 
  Xew 
  York 
  in 
  1715. 
  

  

  The 
  Church 
  of 
  England 
  now 
  tried 
  to 
  do 
  something 
  and 
  a 
  

   clergyman 
  was 
  proposed 
  for 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  with 
  two 
  

   lay 
  helpers 
  for 
  each 
  one, 
  but 
  this 
  was 
  not 
  fully 
  carried 
  out. 
  

   The 
  Rev. 
  Mr 
  Smith 
  and 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Thoroughgood 
  Moor 
  were 
  sent 
  

  

  