DUTCH AND ENGLISH ON THE HUDSON

countenance open and beaming with good nature,
eyes grayish black, hair brown with tinge of au-
burn." His activity took every form and was
exerted in every direction. His documents and
correspondence number over six thousand and fill
twenty-six volumes preserved in the State Library.
Nor did these represent his chief activities. He
was constantly holding councils with the native
tribes either at Fort Johnson or at the Indian
camps. It was he who kept the Mohawks from
joining in Pontiac's conspiracy which swept the
western border; it v/as he who negotiated the
famous treaty at Fort Stanwix in 1768. In the
midsummer of 1774 he succumbed to an old malady
after an impassioned address to six hundred Iro-
quois gathered at Johnson Hall.

He was one of the fortunate few whose charac-
ters and careers fit exactly. He found scope for
every power that he possessed and he won great
rewards. His tireless energy expressed itself in
cultivating thousands of acres and in building
houses, forts, and churches. He dipped a lavish
hand into his abundant wealth and scattered his
gold where it was of the greatest service. He loved
hospitality and gathered hundreds round his board.
He was a benevolent autocrat and nations bowed