tion of the Six Nations not to take any part, but as it is a family affair,* to sit still and see you fight it out.

this as infallible,

it

being our

full

We beg you to receive

resolution ; for we bear as

much affection for the king of England's subjects on the other It is a side of the water, as we do for you upon this island. It is the result of long time since we came to this resolution. mature deliberation.

It was our declaration to Colonel Johnson.

We told him we should take no part in the quarrel, and hoped neither side would desire it.

The resolutions of the Six Nations

are not to be broken." 3

While there can be no reasonable doubt that the determina Nations was fairly expressed by the speaker, its announcement was not without qualifications. The Wyoming tion of the Six

lands, he insisted, the tribes regarded as belonging to the pro prietaries of Pennsylvania, and desired that the settlement which

He originally drik (Colonial History). represented the lower Mohawk castle,

He subsequently folHistory, vn, 115). lowed the fortunes of the Johnsons, but died soon after the opening of the Revoand was known

lution.

'Abraham was

the brother of

as

Little

Hen-

Abraham,

On the death of Hendrik, he became

Referring

to

the

chief sachem of Canajoharie or the upcouncil at Onondaga.

Abracastle; Young per Mohawk ham, as he was called, succeeded to the

vin, 556.

lower

Mohawk

castle,

and