[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] as the offenders were " looked upon as allies and dependents of the Six Nations," and living within the limits of their country, it was expected that they would reprimand them " for what they had already done, prevent their doing any more mischief, and insist on their turning their arms against the French."3 The mission was promptly undertaken by the Mohawk, Oneida and Tuscarora chiefs.4 They had already sent a belt to the Lenapes and their allies desiring that they would not 1 Life and Times of Sir Wm. Johnson. 8 Colonial History, vn, 44. 2 The reference is to Mahican and 4 These were the only nations repre-other clans residing on the Delaware. sented at the conference. OF HUDSON'S RIVER. 225 join with any but the Five Nations j1 now they would " appoint with them a conference at Tiyoga and endeavor to put a stop to any more bloodshed." The loyal Seneca villages2 exercised their influence in the same direction. Visited by a party of Lenapes on their way to Niagara, they tried to persuade them to stop, and called to their aid their most venerable chief; but neither belts nor personal appeals had any effect upon the fol