﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  375 
  

  

  Montour 
  family, 
  but 
  without 
  a 
  hint 
  of 
  the 
  traditional 
  Queen 
  

   Esther. 
  The 
  male 
  members 
  often 
  appear. 
  Zeisberger 
  wrote 
  at 
  

   the 
  Moravian 
  towns 
  Jan. 
  4, 
  1791 
  : 
  

  

  A 
  Mohawk 
  Indian 
  woman, 
  Mary 
  Montour, 
  sister 
  of 
  Cathrine, 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  Andrew 
  Montour, 
  who 
  came 
  here 
  not 
  long 
  

   ago, 
  upon 
  her 
  request 
  and 
  desire, 
  got 
  leave 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  dweller 
  here. 
  

   She 
  knows 
  how 
  to 
  speak 
  many 
  languages, 
  for 
  example, 
  Mohawk, 
  

   her 
  mother 
  tongue, 
  Wyandot, 
  Ottawa, 
  Chippewa, 
  Shawano, 
  Dela- 
  

   ware, 
  English 
  and 
  French. 
  Her 
  sister, 
  Cathrine, 
  and 
  several 
  of 
  

   her 
  friends, 
  live 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Niagara 
  over 
  the 
  lake, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  

   already 
  many 
  times 
  heard 
  that 
  she 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  be 
  here, 
  for 
  

   John 
  Cook, 
  her 
  son, 
  is 
  here. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  Samuel 
  Kirkland 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Genesee 
  country 
  to 
  

   conduct 
  50 
  chiefs 
  to 
  Philadelphia, 
  which 
  they 
  reached 
  Mar. 
  13, 
  

   1792. 
  The 
  large 
  silver 
  medals 
  given 
  them 
  that 
  year 
  are 
  well 
  

   known, 
  and 
  the 
  meeting 
  was 
  mutually 
  satisfactory. 
  Brant 
  was 
  

   not 
  there 
  till 
  after 
  the 
  council, 
  arriving 
  June 
  20. 
  He 
  refused 
  some 
  

   fine 
  offers, 
  but 
  undertook 
  a 
  peace 
  embassy 
  to 
  the 
  Miami 
  coun- 
  

   try. 
  Being 
  sick, 
  he 
  sent 
  the 
  messages 
  by 
  his 
  son, 
  intending 
  to 
  

   follow 
  soon. 
  As 
  he 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  Moravian 
  towns, 
  Sep. 
  

   29, 
  he 
  said, 
  " 
  if 
  he 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Miami 
  and 
  found 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   disinclined 
  for 
  peace, 
  he 
  should 
  straightway 
  turn 
  back 
  home." 
  

   When 
  he 
  returned 
  in 
  November, 
  he 
  said 
  nothing 
  was 
  concluded, 
  

   but 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Sandusky 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  Cornplanter 
  and 
  48 
  other 
  Iroquois 
  also 
  attended 
  this 
  council 
  

   at 
  Au 
  Glaize 
  on 
  the 
  Miami, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  30 
  Iroquois 
  chiefs 
  

   from 
  Canada. 
  The 
  peace 
  embassy 
  was 
  not 
  well 
  received 
  by 
  

   the 
  western 
  Indians, 
  but 
  harmony 
  was 
  restored, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  agreed 
  

   to 
  meet 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  council 
  at 
  the 
  rapids 
  of 
  the 
  Miami 
  

   the 
  next 
  spring. 
  They 
  would 
  be 
  peaceable 
  till 
  then 
  if 
  the 
  troops 
  

   were 
  withdrawn 
  from 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  but 
  did 
  send 
  

   out 
  300 
  warriors. 
  On 
  the 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  chiefs, 
  a 
  grand 
  

   council 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  Buffalo, 
  the 
  acts 
  of 
  the 
  

   western 
  council 
  were 
  related, 
  and 
  a 
  speech 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   president. 
  

  

  Hostilities 
  were 
  frequent 
  along 
  the 
  frontier 
  through 
  the 
  win- 
  

   ter, 
  and 
  the 
  western 
  Indians 
  held 
  a 
  preliminary 
  council 
  in 
  Feb- 
  

  

  