THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Johnson to
Cadwallader Colden
(Johnson Hall, July 25, 1763)
Johnson, Sir William in: The
Letters and
Papers of Cadwallader Colden, Vol.
VI, 1923, Collections of the New
York Historical Society for the
year, 1922, pp. 228-231.
Since my last of the 13 th instant I have had a Meeting with the Chiefs &c to the amount of 340 of all the Nations (Except the Senecas) at the German Flatts, from whence I returned on the 23d
The Congress lasted some days, but my present hurry accompanied with many alarms will not permit my giving a recital of the proceedings, I must therefore only observe in General, that he Indians of the five Nations who attended the Conference Expressed their resolutions in the warmest terms for continuing peaceable and well disposed towards us. Imputed the behaviour of the Western Indians, partly to belts, and speeches left amongst them by the French to instigate them to defend their liberties, and partly to our cool Treatment and the many posts we occupied thro' out their Country. They then assured me of their intentions to bring the Senecas to reason, or otherwise to Quarrell with them, and after saying much on the article of Trade and the number of our posts concluded with representing that the Senecas held one end of the chain of Friendship and the Mohocks the other, That one end was already gone & that the other must follow unless the English did the Mohocks justice concerning their lands, but particularly the disputed tract (page 229) at Conajohares, which they insisted on having restored to the Indians.
My Speech to them was pretty full, and my answer on the subject of the Lands, was, that I should again lay the matter before those in power who I doubted not would take some measures for satisfying them. . .
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