CHAPTER IX. 



1687-1689. 

 THE IROQUOIS INVASION. 



Altercations. — Attitude of Dongan. — Martial Preparation. — 

 Perplexity of Dexonville. — Axgry Correspondence. — Re- 

 call of Dongan. — Sir Edmund Axdros. — Humiliation of 

 Dexoxville. — Distress of Canada. — Appeals for Help. — 

 Iroquois Diplomacy. — A Huron Macchiavel. — The Catas- 

 trophe. — Ferocity of the Victors. — War with Exglaxd. — 

 Recall of Dexonville. 



When Dongan heard that the French had in- 

 vaded the Senecas, seized English traders on the 

 lakes, and built a fort at Niagara, his wrath was 

 kindled anew. He sent to the Iroquois, and sum- 

 moned them to meet him at Albany ; told the 

 assembled chiefs that the late calamity had fallen 

 upon them because they had held councils with 

 the French without asking his leave ; forbade them 

 to do so again, and informed them that, as subjects 

 of King James, they must make no treaty, except 

 by the consent of his representative, the governor 

 of New York. He declared that the Ottawas 

 and other remote tribes were also British sub- 

 jects ; that the Iroquois should unite with them, 

 to expel the French from the west ; and that all 

 alike should bring clown their beaver skins to the 

 English at Albany. Moreover, he enjoined them to 



