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necessary at Niagara. Preliminary to this, a French trading 

 house was built that year at Irondequoit, but the goods came 

 from Albany by way of Montreal. Two wooden houses were 

 also built at Albany for the use of the Indians. They were lOO 

 yards behind the fort and each was 15 by 70 feet. 



The Five Nations called the Catawbas Toderichroone, and 

 said they were treacherous, for, after concluding peace in 1714, 

 they immediately murdered some Iroquois, and war continued. 

 In 1717 a party of 400 or 500 young Iroquois went as far as the 

 Susquehanna on their way to Virginia. They were persuaded 

 to turn westward, but soon resumed their course and attacked 

 140 Catawbas. The governor at last got Connaughtoora to hold 

 a council at Williamsburg. He refused to make peace with the 

 Catawbas on any terms, but would not harm the Christianna 

 Indians. This war continued till part of the Catawbas were 

 adopted. 



Governor Vaudreuil held a council with the Senecas Oct. 24, 

 1717, having sent Joncaire to the Iroquois country in December 

 1716. They had attacked the Illinois and made some prisoners. 

 Another band went toward the [Mississippi but soon returned, 

 having lost their captain and others by smallpox. The Senecas 

 thought the war should be stopped. Some were suspicious of 

 Joncaire, yet, when deputies came from all in September, the 

 Onondaga speaker, after having bewailed the French king's 

 death, asked Longueuil and his son, Joncaire and Chauvignerie 

 to come to their villages freely, they having adopted the last two. 

 They feared not to displease the English. 



In 1718 the Iroquois were at peace with the French but at 

 war with the Flatheads, and thought the English supplied them 

 with arms. Governor Vaudreuil said he was not surprised. At 

 that time the Senecas had a village at Niagara, earning a good 

 deal as carriers at the portage. A fine cart road there was used 

 several times a year. 



When Dekanissora was at Albany July 6, 1719, he said the 

 French were building a fort at Niagara, where they would keep 

 horses and carts, but did it without leave. The house was 30 



