HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK IROQUOIS 243 



fit to travail." There was no important hnsiness beyond a rela- 

 tion of what the Oneidas had done. News came that the Shaw- 

 nees and others were coming for a treaty, but they did not appear. 

 Dekanissora was speaker at this time and for many years after. 

 Two Onondagas went to Montreal to see if Iroquois deputies 

 would be well received, but these did not follow at once. The 

 two were Torskin, nephew of Hotreouate', and a son of Garioye', 

 an Iroquois of the Sault. Dekanissora and two chiefs of each 

 nation came to Quebec in May and were well received. They 

 proposed peace. Frontenac had publicly kicked away the Iro- 

 quois belts before, but was more gracious in private and after- 

 ward. The Onondaga speaker was a favorite, and his speech 

 was recorded, with the summing up already given. They 

 returned home in June but were recalled. 



All were every Day, while they staid in the Place, entertained 

 at the Governor's Table, or at the Tables of the most consider- 

 able Officers. Decanesora on his Side made a good Appearance, 

 being cloathed in Scarlet, trim'd with Gold, and with a laced Bever 

 Hat on his Head, which had been given him by Colonel Fletcher. 



Golden notes also that he spoke to the Praying Indians of 

 Canada, called Jernaistes : " First to those of Cahnawaga, 

 (chiefly Mohawks) . . . then to the other castle called 

 Canassadaga, (chiefly Onondagas)." 



Fort Frontenac was now restored, though the place was 

 unhealthy, 87 out of 100 men having died there in a year. In 

 October Father Milet was released, but some Oneida deputies 

 who followed were not well received. Oreaoue' brought some 

 friendly Cayuga and Seneca chiefs there and did wonders for 

 the French, both in peace and war. 



All these things alarmed the English. Governor Fletcher 

 wrote to the other colonies, telling them there was no safety 

 but in united effort and calling a council at Albany in August, 

 in which Golden says New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and 

 Massachusetts were represented. According to him, Dekanissora 

 sang a song of peace at the opening, and Rode the Mohawk and 

 Sadakanahtie the Onondaga spoke. 



