﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  35 
  1 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  Caughnawagas, 
  as 
  a 
  man 
  there 
  would 
  prevent 
  it, 
  but 
  the 
  

   Six 
  Nations 
  knew 
  their 
  minds 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  tribes. 
  The 
  

   commissioners 
  asked 
  the 
  Indians 
  for 
  neutrality 
  but 
  not 
  for 
  aid. 
  

  

  The 
  appointed 
  Albany 
  council 
  came 
  off 
  Aug. 
  23 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  

   last 
  one 
  held 
  there, 
  but 
  effected 
  little. 
  Colonel 
  Barlow 
  said 
  that 
  

   about 
  500 
  Indians 
  came. 
  They 
  were 
  " 
  very 
  likely, 
  spry, 
  lusty 
  

   fellows, 
  drest 
  very 
  nice 
  for 
  Indians. 
  The 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  them 
  had 
  

   on 
  ruffeled 
  shirts, 
  Indian 
  stockings 
  and 
  shoes, 
  and 
  blankets 
  richly 
  

   trimmed 
  with 
  silver 
  and 
  wampum." 
  On 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  council 
  

   he 
  said 
  they 
  made 
  " 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  show, 
  being 
  the 
  likeliest 
  

   brightest 
  Indians 
  I 
  ever 
  saw." 
  

  

  They 
  were 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  commissioners, 
  the 
  Albany 
  com- 
  

   mittee 
  and 
  others, 
  and 
  compliments 
  were 
  exchanged. 
  In 
  reply 
  

   to 
  an 
  invitation 
  Kanaghqueesa 
  said 
  they 
  would 
  cheerfully 
  take 
  

   a 
  drink 
  and 
  smoke 
  a 
  pipe 
  with 
  the 
  gentlemen. 
  A 
  business 
  meeting- 
  

   was 
  appointed 
  for 
  Aug. 
  25, 
  at 
  the 
  Dutch 
  church. 
  The 
  Indians 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  be 
  neutral, 
  stay 
  at 
  home 
  in 
  peace 
  and 
  smoke 
  their 
  pipes. 
  

   When 
  the 
  commissioners 
  addressed 
  them, 
  they 
  had 
  the 
  great 
  pipe 
  

   lighted 
  and 
  sent 
  around. 
  They 
  then 
  made 
  a 
  long 
  speech 
  which 
  

   they 
  wished 
  might 
  remain 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  gave 
  them 
  a 
  calumet 
  

   to 
  be 
  kept 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  done. 
  The 
  Indians 
  

   said 
  it 
  was 
  customary, 
  when 
  a 
  council 
  fire 
  was 
  kindled, 
  or 
  a 
  tree 
  

   of 
  peace 
  planted, 
  to 
  appoint 
  some 
  one 
  to 
  watch 
  them, 
  who 
  should 
  

   have 
  a 
  wing 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  hearth 
  clean. 
  The 
  Americans 
  should 
  

   appoint 
  one 
  as 
  they 
  had 
  done, 
  and 
  Philip 
  Schuyler 
  and 
  Volkert 
  

   Douw 
  were 
  chosen. 
  

  

  In 
  November 
  1775 
  Brant 
  and 
  other 
  chiefs 
  went 
  to 
  England 
  

   with 
  Colonel 
  Johnson, 
  and 
  Mar. 
  14 
  and 
  May 
  7, 
  1776, 
  Brant 
  made 
  

   speeches 
  on 
  land 
  troubles 
  before 
  Lord 
  Germaine. 
  He 
  returned 
  

   in 
  May, 
  reaching 
  Staten 
  Island 
  in 
  July. 
  Oteroughyanento 
  also 
  

   spoke 
  before 
  Lord 
  Germaine. 
  They 
  said, 
  " 
  We 
  are 
  tired 
  out 
  in 
  

   making 
  complaints 
  and 
  getting 
  no 
  redress." 
  This 
  was 
  promised 
  

   when 
  the 
  troubles 
  were. 
  over. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  attack 
  on 
  St 
  Johns, 
  some 
  New 
  York 
  Mohawks 
  fought 
  

   against 
  the 
  Americans, 
  while 
  the 
  Caughnawagas 
  helped 
  them 
  in 
  

   Canada 
  for 
  a 
  while. 
  The 
  River 
  Indians, 
  or 
  Stockbridges, 
  were 
  

  

  