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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Father 
  : 
  We 
  thank 
  you 
  from 
  our 
  hearts 
  that 
  we 
  now 
  know 
  

   that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  country 
  we 
  may 
  call 
  our 
  own, 
  and 
  on 
  which 
  we 
  

   may 
  lay 
  down 
  in 
  peace. 
  We 
  see 
  that 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  peace 
  between 
  

   your 
  children 
  and 
  our 
  children, 
  and 
  our 
  hearts 
  are 
  very 
  glad. 
  

  

  Two 
  years 
  later 
  Great 
  Tree 
  died 
  in 
  Philadelphia. 
  Col. 
  Thomas 
  

   Proctor 
  was 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  Ap. 
  27 
  to 
  May 
  23, 
  1791, 
  but 
  with 
  little 
  

   success. 
  His 
  journal 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  interesting 
  details 
  and 
  he 
  visited 
  

   several 
  Indian 
  towns. 
  Beside 
  those 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  creek, 
  he 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  Squawkie 
  Hill, 
  Nondas, 
  Canaseder, 
  Ohhishew 
  or 
  Dune- 
  

   wangua, 
  Tenachshagouchtongu 
  or 
  Burnt 
  House, 
  Cayantha 
  or 
  

   Cornfields, 
  Venango, 
  Cattaragus, 
  Carrahadeer, 
  Hiskhue 
  and 
  

   Coneyat. 
  These 
  Seneca 
  towns 
  are 
  as 
  spelled 
  by 
  him. 
  About 
  

   Buffalo 
  were 
  more 
  than 
  170 
  well 
  built 
  cabins, 
  and 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  

   had 
  a 
  village 
  there. 
  The 
  Indians 
  there 
  were 
  under 
  British 
  con- 
  

   trol, 
  well 
  clothed 
  and 
  fed. 
  The 
  chiefs 
  refused 
  to 
  send 
  deputies 
  

   with 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  Miamis, 
  but 
  the 
  women 
  interfered, 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  

   speaking 
  for 
  them, 
  and 
  delegates 
  were 
  appointed. 
  The 
  refusal 
  

   of 
  a 
  vessel 
  by 
  the 
  British 
  forced 
  Proctor 
  to 
  abandon 
  the 
  trip, 
  and 
  

   he 
  found 
  that 
  Young 
  King 
  and 
  Farmer's 
  Brother 
  were 
  both 
  on 
  

   the 
  British 
  side, 
  as 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  were. 
  

  

  Col. 
  Timothy 
  Pickering 
  held 
  a 
  successful 
  council 
  at 
  Klmira 
  

   N. 
  Y., 
  in 
  June 
  1791. 
  It 
  was 
  appointed 
  for 
  Painted 
  Post, 
  where 
  

   an 
  earlier 
  council 
  had 
  been 
  held, 
  but 
  Newtown, 
  now 
  Elmira, 
  was 
  

   more 
  accessible 
  for 
  boats. 
  There 
  were 
  200 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  Oneida 
  

   warriors 
  present, 
  w 
  r 
  ith 
  682 
  Senecas, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  agreed 
  to 
  send 
  

   chiefs 
  to 
  Philadelphia 
  the 
  next 
  year. 
  

  

  St 
  Clair's 
  defeat 
  happened 
  that 
  year, 
  and 
  Stone 
  supposed 
  that 
  

   Brant 
  was 
  there 
  with 
  150 
  Mohaw 
  r 
  ks. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  improbable, 
  for 
  he 
  

   was 
  at 
  a 
  western 
  war 
  council 
  that 
  year 
  and 
  spoke 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  

   Moravian 
  Indians 
  : 
  " 
  Why 
  should 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  compel 
  them 
  to 
  go 
  

   to 
  war? 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Let 
  them 
  be, 
  and 
  disturb 
  them 
  not." 
  This 
  

   victory 
  greatly 
  elated 
  the 
  young 
  Indian 
  w 
  r 
  arriors, 
  and 
  Zeisberger 
  

   wrote, 
  Sep. 
  28 
  : 
  " 
  Warriors 
  came 
  here, 
  going 
  to 
  the 
  war. 
  We 
  

   heard 
  that 
  all 
  Cornplanter's 
  young 
  people 
  had 
  left 
  him 
  and 
  gone 
  

   to 
  the 
  Miami 
  to 
  take 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  war." 
  He 
  was 
  but 
  a 
  war 
  chief. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  year 
  we 
  have 
  again 
  a 
  glimpse 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  