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the next day to annoy the Onnondages." Frontenac had said to 

 the Indians that he would gather a large force against the Iro- 

 quois, " and fall upon them vizt first on the Sennekaes and then 

 on the Cayouges, Onnondages, and Oneydoes an.d passe by the 

 Maquaes and soe come down and fall on the Christians at 

 Albany." Governor Sloughter said, if Albany '' be lost our 

 Indians are lost, and if the French get them they certainly get 

 all America." 



An expedition against Canada, in which the Iroquois were to 

 aid, was arranged. The third Mohawk castle, mourning the 

 death of its chief sachem, Tahaiodoris, forgot its quota of men, 

 but would send 74. The first two castles were ready. Major 

 Schuyler headed this party of 300 Mohawks and 150 English, 

 having moderate success. When he attacked a party on his 

 retreat, the Schaghticoke Indians did not behave well, but '' the 

 Mohawks, upon no Occasion, yielded an Inch of Ground, till 

 the English first gave Way." 



That year the principal captains of the Mohawks and Oneidas 

 were all killed. For a winter march the Senecas were making 

 snowshoes between Onondaga and the St Lawrence in Decem- 

 ber. Others went down the river in November, 800 landing on 

 the island of Montreal and burning many houses. Fort Fron- 

 tenac had gone to decay, the villages were defenseless, the French 

 melted leaden gutters and weights for bullets, and the Iroquois 

 made obstinate attacks. Quite a battle occurred with the Onei- 

 das near Montreal, in which Oreaoue', the Cayuga chief, took 

 part on the French side. The Oneidas were surprised in a house, 

 which was set on fire, and most of them perished. Three prison- 

 ers were burned by French farmers who had lost relatives. Hos- 

 tilities were incessant. The Mohawks carried ofif some Caughna- 

 wagas and attacked the village of the Mountain, killing Tondi- 

 haron, the chief, and capturing 35 women and children. That 

 year the Iroquois cast the l^^rench war belt on the ground. 

 While the Mohawks were successful, the western Indians 

 harassed the Senecas. 



Oreaoue' was now zealous for the French, making prisoners 



