Even the Iroquois gave in and learned to eat out of the hand of Sir William Johnson of Johnson Hall; and they made the treaty of Fort Stanwix with the English in 1768, generously giving lands they had never possessed. That was fatal for the Six Nations; for they got so addicted to Great Father George III that they stood by him when the Revolution broke out. That gave to Patriot General Sullivan the chance to march into their own country in 1779, and to break to pieces the only American third power that ever tried to stand neutral between the French and the English.
STARVED ROCK
In 1770 this rock became the last refuge of a small band of Illinois Indians flying before a large force of Pottawattomies, who believed that one of the Illinois had assassinated Pontiac, in whose conspiracy the Pottawattomies had taken part. Unable to dislodge the Illinois, the Pottawattomies cut off their escape and let them die of starvation.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING.—“French and English in North America,” Francis Parkman; “History of Canada,” F. B. Tracy; “Formation of the Union,” A. B. Hart; “France in America,” Reuben G. Thwaites; “Sir William Johnson and the Six Nations,” W. E. Griffis; “United States” (Vol. II), Edward Channing; “Mississippi Basin,” Justin Winsor; “Old Fort Loudon,” Charles Egbert Craddock; “Seats of the Mighty,” Gilbert Parker.
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