cared for and supplied with arms and ammunition. Adam, on the part of the latter, expressed his appreciation of the kindness

which they had received, and promised never to forget it. The visit was of no significance touching the action of the Lenapes proper, but appears to have been gotten up to indicate that the Oneidas and Tuscaroras still had the influence which they claimed.

On the 2 ist of April, the embassadors of the second mission made their report.

They had visited the Lenapes and Sha" had and succeeded, they said, in convincing them that wanoes, they had acted very foolishly and very unjustifiably," and that they had "promised and agreed" to unite with them against " the " common enemy ; but at the same time had expressed the desire that they might have a hearing at Onondaga to con vince them that harmony and friendship with them was desired, in which request the embassadors united. Johnson accepted the proposition; he would hold a council at Onondaga twenty days hence, and charged the chiefs, then present with the duty

of extending the invitation.

About the same time an important change took place in the Lenape government. Tadame, their king, was treacherously murdered, but by whom is not stated, and Teedyuscung, that " lusty, raw-boned man," whose voice had already been heard in the wilderness, became his successor.

Enjoying the confi dence of his people, as well as possessing great native ability, he had already become a power to be both feared and conciliated.