. Frontier defense on the upper Ohio, 1777-1778 : compiled from the Draper manuscripts in the library of the Wisconsin Historical Society and pub. at the charge of the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the American Revolution . mp; the Six Nations &.^. were permitted &had taken up the Hatchet, and finishd by tellingthem he would next day inform them of his real Sen-timents. The Indians thankd him for what he in- 23 See Rev. Upper Ohio, p. 202.—Ed. 2* The Six Nations (Iroquois) were at the beginning of theRevolution inclined to remain neutral. Several chiefs attendedthe treaty at Pittsburgh in 1
. Frontier defense on the upper Ohio, 1777-1778 : compiled from the Draper manuscripts in the library of the Wisconsin Historical Society and pub. at the charge of the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the American Revolution . mp; the Six Nations &.^. were permitted &had taken up the Hatchet, and finishd by tellingthem he would next day inform them of his real Sen-timents. The Indians thankd him for what he in- 23 See Rev. Upper Ohio, p. 202.—Ed. 2* The Six Nations (Iroquois) were at the beginning of theRevolution inclined to remain neutral. Several chiefs attendedthe treaty at Pittsburgh in 1775 (Ibid, pp. 25-135, 159-167),and the Seneca in particular were favorable to the Americancause. The British agents from Canada, however, exertedtheir influence to good effect. Col. Guy Johnson wrote thatin April, 1777, the Six Nations had called in and assembledall of their people in order to make a diversion on the fron-tiers of New York and Pennsylvania, agreeable to the mes-sages he had sent. See A^. Y. Colonial Documents, viii,pp. 711, 712.—Ed. 25 For the Indians at Mackinac and their gathering forassistance to the British, see Wis. Hist. Colls., xviii, pp. 357,358, and references there cited.—Ed. o. in ! ^ K i I 4 ^ ^ ^ AN INDIAN COUNCIL 9 formd them of & said when they heard his sentimentsnext day, he should know theirs. i8 June Being assembled as before, G[overnor]H[amilton] Told the English & french Gentlemen,that he was authorised to put the Hatchet into theHands of the Indians, and expected an implicit obe-dience to the orders of His Majesty.^^ He then in-formd the Indians of what he thought they should doupon the occasion, shewed them the Hatchet thenSung the War Song—as did M Hay, Depu^ agent,-the officers of the Garrison, all the Nations present, &some of the French & English. G[overnor] Hamiltonthen thanked them for their Zeal and Unanimity, &adjournd to the open Field, to a feast prepared forthe purpose, and appointed next morning to meet threeor four C
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