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1 accordingly went among thcni with one of our soldiers from 

 said fort, [Frontenac] making a journey of about seventy leagues, 

 and both having large snowshoes on our feet, on account of the 

 snow, which is. abundant in that country during winter. I had 

 some little knowledge of the Iroquois language. We then passed 

 on to the Honnchiouts Iroquois, and the Honnontagez, who 

 received us very well. This nation is the most warlike of all 

 the Iroquois. At last we arrived at the Gannickez Agniez. This 

 is one of Five Iroquois Nations, situated a good day's journey 

 from the neighborhood of New Netherland. We remained some 

 time among this last named nation, and were lodged with a Jesuit 

 Father, born in Lyons, in order to transcribe a little Iroquois 

 dictionary. 



In August 1675, Gov. Edmund Andros went to the warlike 

 Indians nearly 100 miles beyond Albany and allies of the English. 

 This trip was really to the farthest Mohawk town. The next 

 year Andros said that King Philip's war might have been pre- 

 vented had not the Boston people scorned his advice. He would 

 have engaged the Mohawks and others to fall on Philip. As it 

 was, he kept them from helping him. 



In 1675, also, the Senecas wished to exterminate the Susque- 

 hannas, or Andastes, but the Mohawks said they were their 

 brothers and children and might live with them. At this time 

 powder and lead were sold only to the Iroquois. There was a 

 story that they killed Canonicus, the Narragansett chief. 



There came a difficulty between the Iroquois and Maryland, 

 which Andros aided in settling. That province complained of 

 Seneca depredations ; but Andros thought both Mohawks and 

 Senecas w^ere good friends of the English. At the time the treaty 

 of 1677 was made, some Oneidas, Onondagas and Senecas had 

 gone south and killed some Susquehannas, taking prisoners, not 

 knowing of the peace. Part of these were restored, but there 

 were many such troubles from time to time. Two commission- 

 ers were sent to Albany about this and reproved the Onondagas 

 and Oneidas, but thought two nations not to blame. The Cay- 

 ugas made trouble, and Golden thought the French priests the 

 cause. 

 The Mohawks met with a serious loss in the spring of 1676. 



