THE COUNCIL ELM TREE 



y, 31 Whitmore Ave., Johnstown 



UNDER this tree Governor Tryon, Sir William Johnson, 

 Joseph Brant and the Mohawk Indians of Lower 

 Castle met in conference July 28, 1772. The speech of 

 Brant on this occasion has been called the masterpiece of 

 Indian oratory. 



Important conferences between the Iroquois and Sir 

 William which led to the opening of the Ohio Territory for 

 white settlement, were held under this elm where Cornplanter 

 suggested that Fort Pitt be abolished, to which Sir William 

 agreed and runners were sent to this frontier fort with the 

 announcement. The tree stands in the Johnstown cemetery. 

 Won $5. 



