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complained, and Frontenac flung their belt from him; speaking 

 of the chief's death as a trifling afifair. He would give them 

 something worth crying about. In private he talked better, but 

 this interrupted negotiations. The Iroquois said that 94 of their 

 people had been killed or captured since peace was declared, and 

 it was worse than open war. An arrangement was made and 

 prisoners were exchanged. Of the death of Black Kettle, Col- 

 den said : 



After he was mortally wounded, he cried out : *' Must I, who 

 have made the whole Earth tremble before me, now die by the 

 Hands of Children ? " for he despised the Adirondacks. 



Soon after Black Kettle's death Oreaoue' died at Quebec, and 

 was buried with ecclesiastic and military honors, " a worthy 

 Frenchman and good Christian." A good story is told of his 

 religious fervor. Greatly afifected by the crucifixion of Christ, 

 he said, had he been there, he would have avenged his death 

 and brought away the scalps of his enemies. 



Governor Bellomont now notified Frontenac that he had sent 

 troops to Albany to protect the Iroquois, and that Lieutenant 

 Governor Nanfan would go farther with them if need required. 

 Dellius and Schuyler were sent to Canada to arrange an exchange 

 of prisoners, but the Iroquois preferred doing this in their own 

 way. If subjects, they were not submissive ones, and Bello- 

 mont found them quite sullen, but succeeded in conciliating them. 



There was continual controversy on English and French rela- 

 tions to the Iroquois. In 1698 a New York merchant testified 

 that he had lived in Albany since 1639, and that the Five Nations 

 had almost every year since renewed the covenant with New 

 York. Colonel Bayard understood that the Dutch settled at 

 Albany in 162 1 ; " and ever since that first settlement the Iro- 

 quaes or five Canton Indian Nations, have always kept up a good 

 peace and correspondence with the Govern^ of this Province." 

 For 60 years past they had renewed this almost every year. 

 History was uncertain even then. 



In 1698 some Mohawks went to visit their relatives at the 

 Sault, remaining some time and being well entertained. Charle- 

 voix said : 



