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desired vengeance, but the smallpox had weakened their towns 

 and for a while they could do nothing. This is the French story. 

 Those near by made light of the affair. About this time there 

 were prospects of peace between the French and Iroquois, but 

 the Hurons rei)orted P^rench preparations to destroy them, and 

 this broke off negotiations. 



In the spring of 1664 Garakontie' prepared another peace 

 embassy. Even the Mohawks wished peace, having on hand a 

 Mahican war; while the Andastes kept the upper Iroquois busy. 

 Among the Onondagas Garakontie' was the prime mover, but 

 the Oneidas took no action at all. The chief set out with 30 

 ambassadors and 100 great belts. These fell into an Algonquin 

 ambuscade, and all hopes of peace were destroyed, the Iroquois 

 resolving on vengeance. Yet a Cayuga embassy came to Quebec 

 Sep. 18, speaking for all but the Oneidas. War continued. 



That year Mohawk ambassadors were killed by the Abena- 

 quiois, or Kennebecs, and the ]\Iahicans attacked the Mohawks, 

 killing Dutch cattle at Greenbush and ravaging the east side of 

 Hudson river. The Senecas threatened to attack the ^linisinks, 

 whom the Minquas would defend. 



The first treaty between the Iroquois and English in New York 

 was made at Albany, Sep. 24, 1664, and was signed by four 

 ]\rohawk chiefs and four nominal Senecas, two of whom were 

 Onondagas and Cayugas. The English were not to aid the New 

 England Indians, who had murdered a Mohawk chief, but peace 

 was to be made with the River Indians. Golden said : 



In 1664, New York being taken by the English, they immedi- 

 ately entered into a Friendship with the Five Nations which has 

 continued without the least Breach to this Day : and History, I 

 believe, can not give an Instance of the most Christian and most 

 Catholick Kings observing a Treaty so strictly, and for so long 

 a Time as these Barbarians, as they are called, have done. 



'SI. de Tracy came to Canada in 1665, and at once built three 

 forts on the River of the Iroquois. The king of France resolved 

 " to carry war even to their firesides, in order totally to exter- 

 minate them," if they did not submit, though the English occu- 

 pation of New York had changed the situation. The regiment 



