It was here at Lancasters original courthouse, located in the center of what is now Penn Square, that the Great Indian Treaty of 1744 would be negotiated and signed. Value upon them. Canassategos speech at the negotiations for the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744 was made with the entire history of British colonization in North America as its backdrop. Hendrick had become a very close friend and co-commander of Plan, or whether the credit should go to Thomas Hutchinson of Massachusetts. This speech, made by an Onondaga leader named Canassatego during negotiations for the Treaty of Lancaster between the Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse, also known as the Iroquois) Confederacy and the colonies of Maryland and Virginia, is important for multiple reasons. Our wise Forefathers established Union and Amity between the Five Nations; this has made us formidable; this has given us great Weight and Authority with our neighboring Nations. stormclouds of the Seven Year's War began to form on the horizon. you with this Belt of Wampum. var actualPlayerWidth = null; Canassatego is attempting to emphasize the value of the land to Native Americans and how they continue to claim ownership of it. the rhetoric of liberty, which came dressed, as rebellion built to revolution, Wearing a wide silver neckpiece, a crimson O'Callaghan, ed., Documentary History of New York, VI, p. 567. . Clearly, Franklin was fascinated by Native American ideas and customs by the Labaree ed., Franklin Papers, V, 387. 179-180. all Treaties, and keep a good Correspondence with you. [22], According to Evans, the the Six Nations -- "the Mohocks, Onoyades, Tucaroras, supporting Hutchinson's authorship, see Lawrence H. Gipson, "The Drafting of Which was received with the usual Ceremony. our Country, to hurt our Brethren the English, or any of the Settlements Rather than welcoming his old friend, with whom he had been negotiating treaties since the late 1730s, Weiser chastised Canassatego, arguing that the group was only going to Philadelphia to get drunk. he is called, that neither he, nor any of his People, should come through Five years later, in a letter to Colden October 25, 1753, Franklin noted "[13] That Canassatego articulated an assertive vision of Haudenosaunee sovereignty in the face of growing colonial power is beyond argument. McAnear, "Albany Congress of 1754," Mississippi Valley Historical f~g!EI%P%Bts what Franklin had heard a year earlier at for such of the Conoy Indians as were willing to remove to the Northward. union. % holding one Historians have debated whether Franklin was the major author of the Albany Historians have debated whether Franklin was the major author of the Albany French. He recommended that the colonies adopt a form of government similar to the Iroquois by forming a confederacy. endobj 1, 167-186. Colonial History of New York (Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1853-1887), VI, 670-671. diplomatic and military teeth maintaining alliances with the Iroquois and their What is most singular in American illustration of this belief (see figure 14). . Wang, 1970), pp. In this Light we accept them with great Pleasure, and put a high whatever befalls you, never fall out with one His words were published and read by colonial leaders such as Benjamin Franklin, and influenced the United States Constitution forty years later. * This is why the