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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Six 
  Nations 
  being 
  represented 
  and 
  the 
  Seneca 
  Abeals 
  or 
  Corn- 
  

   planter's 
  party. 
  The 
  brief 
  treaty, 
  as 
  signed, 
  has 
  alone 
  been 
  pre- 
  

   served. 
  The 
  hatchet 
  was 
  buried 
  by 
  all. 
  The 
  Oneidas 
  and 
  Tus- 
  

   caroras 
  were 
  secured 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  their 
  lands, 
  the 
  former 
  

   making 
  large 
  claims. 
  The 
  Six 
  Nations 
  unwillingly 
  gave 
  up 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  territory 
  not 
  occupied 
  by 
  them. 
  It 
  was 
  gained 
  and 
  lost 
  

   by 
  the 
  sword. 
  

  

  Cornplanter 
  brought 
  about 
  this 
  treaty, 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   were 
  dissatisfied, 
  and 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  took 
  advantage 
  of 
  this 
  to 
  

   increase 
  his 
  own 
  popularity. 
  Brant 
  was 
  also 
  displeased 
  and 
  gave 
  

   up 
  a 
  proposed 
  visit 
  to 
  England 
  to 
  attend 
  to 
  the 
  matter, 
  not 
  liking 
  

   the 
  detention 
  of 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  chief 
  sent 
  by 
  him. 
  The 
  American 
  

   commissioners 
  were 
  Oliver 
  Wolcott, 
  Richard 
  Butler 
  and 
  Arthur 
  

   Lee. 
  Some 
  Pennsylvania 
  commissioners 
  were 
  also 
  at 
  this 
  

   treaty, 
  on 
  state 
  affairs, 
  and 
  found 
  the 
  usual 
  delays. 
  At 
  last 
  four 
  

   of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  nations 
  began 
  the 
  council 
  ; 
  but 
  " 
  the 
  Business, 
  

   in 
  our 
  Opinion, 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  commenced 
  so 
  soon 
  had 
  it 
  not 
  

   been 
  at 
  the 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  Marquis 
  De 
  la 
  Fayette, 
  who 
  wished 
  

   to 
  address 
  the 
  Indians, 
  and 
  was 
  under 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  departing 
  

   this 
  day 
  or 
  to-morrov." 
  He 
  was 
  very 
  plain 
  spoken. 
  " 
  Their 
  

   Answer 
  was 
  pertinent, 
  and 
  breathed 
  the 
  spirit 
  of 
  peace. 
  The 
  

   Mohawks, 
  in 
  particular, 
  declared 
  their 
  repentance 
  for 
  the 
  Errors 
  

   which 
  they 
  had 
  committed." 
  These 
  commissioners 
  were 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  in 
  their 
  business, 
  and 
  at 
  successive 
  treaties 
  all 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  lands 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  were 
  purchased 
  except 
  Cornplant- 
  

   er's 
  reservation. 
  

  

  Brant 
  soon 
  after 
  visited 
  the 
  western 
  Indians, 
  probably 
  with 
  a 
  

   view 
  to 
  a 
  confederacy, 
  and 
  then 
  went 
  to 
  England 
  in 
  1785. 
  The 
  

   London 
  papers 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  presided 
  at 
  a 
  great 
  council 
  of 
  many 
  

   nations, 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  appointed 
  to 
  conduct 
  a 
  proposed 
  war 
  

   against 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  He 
  secured 
  payment 
  of 
  Mohawk 
  

   claims 
  from 
  the 
  British 
  government 
  the 
  next 
  year, 
  and 
  edited 
  a 
  

   superb 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  prayer 
  book. 
  Another 
  had 
  been 
  

   issued 
  in 
  Canada 
  during 
  the 
  war. 
  

  

  The 
  British 
  still 
  retained 
  the 
  frontier 
  posts 
  and 
  encouraged 
  the 
  

   hostility 
  of 
  the 
  Indians. 
  In 
  December 
  1786 
  a 
  great 
  Indian 
  coun- 
  

  

  