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which you and I shall not fall out; I desire we may Joyne heart- 

 ily together to advance the Interest of my Master and your good 

 Friend ; I expect to hear from you, how you would have me 

 proceed. 



Jan. 13, 1696, for £100 he granted the Indian lands on the Sus- 

 quehanna to William Penn, " which the said Thos. Dongan lately 

 purchased of, or had given to him by the Sennica Susquehanah 

 Indians." 



One feature of De la Barre's mission should not be overlooked, 

 as it was acted on later. In writing to him about the proposed 

 war in 1684, Louis 14 said: 



As it tends to the good of my servants to diminish, as much as 

 possible the numbers of the Iroquois, and moreover, as these 

 savages, who are very strong and robust, will serve usefully in 

 my galleys, I will that you do everything in your power to make 

 a great number of them prisoners of war, and have them em- 

 barked by every opportunity that will ofifer, in order that they 

 be conveyed to France. 



Throughout this affair the Senecas had been defiant and all 

 the Iroquois had carried their points. The result was that, after 

 De la Barre's return, 40 Onondagas went at once against the 

 Illinois. They had told him that '* the entire Iroquois nation 

 reserved to itself the power of waging war against the Illinois, 

 as long as a single one of them should remain on earth." De la 

 Barre had already complained of the attack on Fort St Louis in 

 Illinois in the spring and of the plundering of French canoes, 

 but without avail. 



King Louis was displeased at De la Barre's abandonment of 

 the Illinois and sent De Xonville to take his place in 1685. He 

 was to aid the Illinois and humble the Iroquois. A new trouble 

 came. For purposes of trade both the English and Iroquois 

 were desirous of an alliance with the Ottawas. A French soldier 

 saw II English trading canoes going west, guided by French 

 deserters. They reached the Ottawas that year for the first time, 

 crossing Lake Erie to do so. Desertions of French soldiers were 

 frequent, and about that time the Onondagas sent back five who 

 had come there from Fort Frontenac. 



