vernment of the value of his services, that in the year

1789,

it

granted him a tract

of land two miles square in the present town of Kirkland, whither he imme diately removed, and where he subse

quently made a liberal endowment of land for the purpose of founding a school

which was originally called Hamilton Oneida Academy, subsequently incorpo rated under the name of Hamilton Col lege.

After a life of much public useful

ness, he at length departed this life on the

28th of February, 1808. History,

vm,

Oneida County.

631 ;

Note,

Jones's

Colonial

History of

THE INDIAN TRIBES

the Johnsons. Had Guy Johnson possessed the shrewdness and skill of his predecessor, the result, so far as the Six Nations

were concerned, would not have been doubtful ; but in that which he gained by his position, he was seriously compromised by the superior diplomacy of the colonists.

Both parties moved with caution.

While Johnson was un

remitting in his endeavors to preserve the good will and affection of the Six Nations, the colonists lost no time in instructing them in regard to the nature of the controversy, and in advising them

to act as

With a very considerable

neutrals.

of the

portion

Six Nations neutrality had long been an established policy, and gained for the colonists not only an attentive ear, but compelled to

Johnson

adopt

it

as the course

which he wished them to

To the declarations of Dean and Kirkland, and to

pursue. the belts which the faithful Mahicans sent to