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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  so 
  he 
  resolved 
  to 
  move 
  westward, 
  starting 
  in 
  June 
  with 
  250 
  

   Mohawks 
  and 
  armed 
  white 
  men. 
  At 
  Fort 
  Stanwix 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  

   conference 
  w 
  r 
  ith 
  260 
  Oneidas 
  and 
  Oquagas, 
  whom 
  he 
  had 
  to 
  

   leave, 
  the 
  whole 
  country 
  being 
  in 
  arms 
  behind 
  him. 
  He 
  sent 
  

   to 
  Niagara 
  and 
  Oswegatchie 
  for 
  supplies, 
  and 
  held 
  another 
  coun- 
  

   cil 
  at 
  Ontario, 
  or 
  Oswego, 
  of 
  which 
  Stone 
  made 
  two 
  places 
  by 
  

   mistaking 
  the 
  names. 
  At 
  that 
  place 
  he 
  had 
  1458 
  Indians 
  and 
  

   about 
  100 
  white 
  men. 
  With 
  some 
  difficulty 
  he 
  secured 
  the 
  aid 
  

   of 
  the 
  former, 
  and 
  left 
  Oswego 
  for 
  Montreal 
  July 
  11, 
  reaching 
  

   there 
  July 
  17 
  with 
  220 
  Indians. 
  Joseph 
  Brant 
  was 
  then 
  his 
  

   secretary. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Montreal 
  July 
  26, 
  with 
  1664 
  Canadian 
  

   Indians, 
  who 
  promised 
  aid 
  and 
  Avere 
  placed 
  in 
  different 
  camps. 
  

   Little 
  was 
  done, 
  and 
  on 
  Aug. 
  12 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  and 
  St 
  

   Regis 
  Indians 
  " 
  returned 
  with 
  their 
  War 
  Belt 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  after 
  

   assuring 
  Col. 
  Johnson 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  ready 
  to 
  return 
  whenever 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  prospect 
  of 
  vigorous 
  measures." 
  Desultory 
  hos- 
  

   tilities 
  followed, 
  and 
  a 
  message 
  came 
  from 
  " 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

   that 
  the 
  rebells 
  had 
  employ'd 
  Agents 
  to 
  negociate 
  a 
  treaty 
  with 
  

   the 
  Caughnawagas." 
  

  

  The 
  commissioners 
  of 
  the 
  12 
  united 
  colonies 
  had 
  a 
  brief 
  

   conference 
  with 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  warriors 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  at 
  

   German 
  Flats, 
  Aug. 
  15, 
  1775. 
  Two 
  commissioners 
  came, 
  inviting 
  

   them 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  other 
  three 
  at 
  Albany, 
  to 
  rekindle 
  the 
  fire 
  their 
  

   ancestors 
  had 
  placed 
  there. 
  As 
  some 
  were 
  not 
  present, 
  they 
  

   were 
  to 
  invite 
  them, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  Caughnawagas 
  and 
  the 
  seven 
  

   towns 
  on 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence. 
  This 
  belt 
  was 
  declined/ 
  and 
  seems 
  

   the 
  one 
  now 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Douw 
  family 
  at 
  Poughkeepsie. 
  

   After 
  the 
  business 
  was 
  opened, 
  an 
  Oneida 
  answered 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  

   day 
  is 
  far 
  spent, 
  and 
  we 
  defer 
  a 
  reply 
  till 
  to-morrow, 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  

   weary 
  from 
  having 
  sat 
  long 
  in 
  council. 
  We 
  think 
  it 
  time 
  for 
  a 
  

   little 
  drink, 
  and 
  you 
  must 
  remember 
  that 
  the 
  Twelve 
  United 
  

   Colonics 
  are 
  a 
  great 
  body." 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  day 
  they 
  accepted 
  the 
  invitation 
  for 
  themselves, 
  but 
  

   it 
  would 
  take 
  a 
  year 
  to 
  invite 
  their 
  distant 
  allies. 
  They 
  would 
  

   do 
  the 
  business 
  and 
  then 
  inform 
  them. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  best 
  to 
  send 
  

  

  