He died in 1747, of consumption, a martyr to the work which he had un1

dertaken.

pie,

The Nanticokes, or tide water peohad their seats, when the Europeans first met them, on the eastern shore of Maryland. At the time of the

removal referred to in the text they were not considerable in numbers. Gallatin the allies of the Six says they were Nations. Their lands in Maryland were sold, through the agency of Sir William Johnson, in 1760, and the money paid to the chiefs.

Colonial History, vin,

117.

They were repeatedly represented in the conferences with the Delawares and the

Shawanoes.

THE INDIAN TRIBES

a river which enters the north shores of Lake

Point Tessalon and La Cloche. the government of

Huron, between

In pushing the policy which had established, of promoting

New York

trade by securing the alliance of Indian tribes with the Six Na tions,

the latter had been induced to open negotiations with As one of the fruits of this

many of their former enemies.

policy, the Necariages, a remnant of the once powerful Hurons, or Wyandots, had been induced to visit Albany, in 1723, and to

ask to be received as the seventh nation.

The commissioners of

Indian affairs accepted them as such, 2 but the confederates never

acknowledged them. When the Mississagies tendered a similar alliance, however, they were received by the confederates, and at a conference, held at Albany on the 23d of August, 1746, were The al publicly acknowledged by them as the seventh nation. liance did not long continue.