[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] quently made a liberal endowment of land for the purpose of founding a school which was originally called Hamilton Oneida Academy, subsequently incorpo rated under the name of Hamilton Col lege. After a life of much public useful ness, he at length departed this life on the 28th of February, 1808. — Note, Colonial History, vm, 631; Jones's History of Oneida County. 262 THE INDIAN TRIBES the Johnsons. Had Guy Johnson possessed the shrewdness and skill of his predecessor, the result, so far as the Six Nations were concerned, would not have been doubtful; but in that which he gained by his position, he was seriously compromised by the superior diplomacy of the colonists. Both parties moved with caution. While Johnson was un remitting in his endeavors to preserve the good will and affection of the Six Nations, the colonists lost no time in instructing them in regard to the nature of the controversy, and in advising them to act as neutrals. With a very considerable portion of the