History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 132 (part 3)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Red Head, the Onondaga sachem, replied, that when first requested to do so a message had been dispatched to the Lenapes, which had subse quently been " backed with a second message; " that both messages having proved abortive, they had u obtained an inter view," through the Oneidas, at which the Lenapes had promised that hostilities should cease. They would cheerfully renew their efforts, and would appoint a meeting at Otseningo, at which, by a full representation of the tribes, they would endeavor to exercise that influence in which they had hitherto failed. Pending this new mission, a delegation of friendly Lenapes met Johnson in conference, on the 2Qth of February. The Oneida and Tuscarora embassadors opened the proceedings, and