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" Indians returned to their homes well pleased that they could live on neutral ground, surrounded by the din of war, without being engaged in it. About a year passed off, and we, as usual, were enjoying ourselves in the employments of peaceable times, when... "
A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genessee - Page 61
by James Everett Seaver - 1918 - 453 pages
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A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison: De-he-wä-mis, the White Woman of ...

James Everett Seaver - Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) - 1898 - 332 pages
...Flits Aug. 15 and 16, 1775, and concluded its sittings at Albany Se;it 1st. — [Eu. Sixth Edition. well pleased that they could live on neutral ground,...requesting all the Indians of our tribe to attend a general counoil which was soon to be held at Oswego. The council convened, and being opened, the British commissioners...
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A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genessee

James Everett Seaver - Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) - 1918 - 552 pages
...of breaking out between them and the King of England. Our Indians obeyed the call, and the council" was holden, at which the pipe of peace was smoked,...attend a general council which was soon to be held at Oswego." The council convened, and being opened, the British Commissioners informed the Chiefs that...
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A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

James Everett Seaver - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 226 pages
...of breaking out between them and the King of England. Our Indians obeyed the call, and the council was holden, at which the pipe of peace was smoked,...attend a general council which was soon to be held at Oswego. The council convened, and being opened, the British Commissioners informed the Chiefs that...
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The American Revolution in Indian Country: Crisis and Diversity in Native ...

Colin G. Calloway - History - 1995 - 360 pages
...the Americans at German Flats, where they had pledged their neutrality late in the summer of 1775, "well pleased that they could live on neutral ground,...surrounded by the din of war, without being engaged in it."29 But in 1777, after pestilence struck Onondaga, the central council fire was ritually extinguished...
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Women's Indian Captivity Narratives

Various - Social Science - 1998 - 404 pages
...of breaking out between them and the King of England. Our Indians obeyed the call, and the council was holden, at which the pipe of peace was smoked,...attend a general council which was soon to be held at Oswego. The council convened, and being opened, the British Commissioners informed the Chiefs that...
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The Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genesee

James E. Seaver - 2000 - 320 pages
...that the people of the states were satisfied, as they had not asked their assistance, nor did they wish it. The Indians returned to their homes well...attend a general council which was soon to be held at Oswego. The council convened, and being opened, the British commissioners informed the chiefs that...
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Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley: The St. Leger Expedition of 1777

Gavin K. Watt - History - 2002 - 429 pages
...substantial present of trade goods. A white captive, contentedly living amongst the Senecas, recalled that "The Indians returned to their homes well pleased...surrounded by the din of war, without being engaged in it."35 During the inevitable delay waiting for the Indian nations to gather, a dispatch arrived at...
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Before They Could Vote: American Women's Autobiographical Writing, 1819–1919

Sidonie A. Smith, Julia Watson, Sidonie Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 472 pages
...of breaking out between them and the King of England. Our Indians obeyed the call, and the council was holden, at which the pipe of peace was smoked,...attend a general council which was soon to be held at Oswego. The council convened, and being opened, the British Commissioners informed the Chiefs that...
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