Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II
This, My Lord is a brief Summary of the report made to me by Nickaroondase the principal Survivor, the 2 Chiefs being dead, & one of the principal Men yet behind from which & some farther Conversations I have held with the Depy^ who returned It appears to me that the Shawanese who to my knowledge Grasped at the Lands on both sides of the Ohio, tho' at the late conference they only mention the North side repenting of the Sale of the Lands on the South of that River had sent belts to the Senecas to Stir up the 6 Nations to disavow their own act, propogating at the same time reports which might tend to alieniate us from the latter ; That Agaustarax & his Tribe approved of this, but that the rest of the Confederacy would not give ear to it, is evident from the Speech made to the Depy^ at Scioto, that thereupon Agastarax Sent belts to the other Nations to set them up, which gave rise to the Story of the Seneca Plot & the belts sent by Agastarax a little before his death. These belts 1 am assured will be speedily delivered those who promised to see the same performed only waiting the return of the Dep^. from the southward, I have also veC^ Notice that another Gen', meeting is appointed to be held at Scioto, which the Ind^ in that Quarter declare to be intended to Communicate the Sentiments of the 6 Nat^. to those who were not present at the last Conference, & to take measures in consequence of their engagements, however I have already taken care that those who go from the Northw^ in consequence of