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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  understand 
  from 
  what 
  the 
  Maquas 
  say 
  and 
  show, 
  the 
  French 
  

   came 
  with 
  sloops 
  as 
  high 
  up 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  country 
  to 
  trade 
  with 
  

   them." 
  As 
  this 
  note 
  is 
  placed 
  near 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Albany 
  on 
  the 
  

   map, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  understood 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  instead 
  

   of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  though 
  the 
  latter 
  was 
  Iroquois 
  territory 
  

   and 
  the 
  former 
  w 
  r 
  as 
  not. 
  Though 
  there 
  were 
  Iroquois 
  all 
  along 
  

   the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  when 
  Cartier 
  ascended 
  it, 
  Champlain 
  found 
  

   only 
  Algonquins 
  when 
  he 
  went 
  up 
  that 
  great 
  stream 
  in 
  1603. 
  

   Where 
  had 
  the 
  ancient 
  inhabitants 
  gone 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  story 
  has 
  been 
  told 
  by 
  De 
  la 
  Potherie, 
  Charlevoix, 
  Colden 
  

   and 
  others, 
  and 
  has 
  much 
  to 
  confirm 
  it 
  incidentally. 
  Charlevoix 
  

   said 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  most 
  credible 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   war 
  that 
  he 
  could 
  find, 
  and 
  thought 
  this 
  was 
  of 
  somewhat 
  recent 
  

   date 
  when 
  Champlain 
  came. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  Adirondack^ 
  

   lived 
  peaceably 
  together 
  on 
  the 
  river; 
  the 
  former 
  cultivating 
  

   their 
  fields 
  as 
  Cartier 
  describes, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  employing 
  their 
  

   time 
  in 
  hunting, 
  each 
  supplying 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  other. 
  On 
  one 
  

   occasion, 
  when 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  wished 
  to 
  try 
  hunting, 
  the 
  Algon- 
  

   quins 
  consented, 
  willing 
  to 
  show 
  their 
  superior 
  skill. 
  Six 
  of 
  

   each 
  went 
  along, 
  but 
  the 
  Algonquins 
  left 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  the 
  

   camp, 
  taking 
  the 
  hunt 
  to 
  themselves 
  but 
  taking 
  nothing 
  else. 
  

   Three 
  days 
  passed 
  and 
  they 
  killed 
  nothing. 
  Then 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   went 
  out 
  secretly 
  with 
  great 
  success. 
  Night 
  came 
  on, 
  and 
  their 
  

   jealous 
  companions 
  killed 
  them 
  all 
  while 
  asleep. 
  When 
  this 
  was 
  

   at 
  last 
  discovered, 
  they 
  scornfully 
  refused 
  redress 
  to 
  their 
  injured 
  

   friends. 
  Powerless 
  to 
  do 
  anything 
  then, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  " 
  bound 
  

   themselves 
  by 
  oath 
  to 
  perish 
  to 
  a 
  man, 
  or 
  to 
  have 
  their 
  revenge." 
  

   They 
  left 
  their 
  country, 
  learned 
  war 
  prudently 
  and 
  successfully, 
  

   and 
  in 
  due 
  time, 
  said 
  Charlevoix, 
  " 
  they 
  poured 
  all 
  at 
  once 
  upon 
  

   the 
  Algonquins, 
  and 
  commenced 
  that 
  war 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  saw 
  only 
  

   the 
  conclusion, 
  and 
  which 
  set 
  all 
  Canada 
  on 
  fire. 
  . 
  . 
  Those 
  

   who 
  suffered 
  most 
  were 
  the 
  Hurons, 
  who 
  engaged 
  in 
  this 
  war 
  as 
  

   allies, 
  auxiliaries, 
  or 
  neighbors 
  to 
  the 
  Algonquins, 
  or 
  because 
  they 
  

   lay 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  both." 
  

  

  Colden 
  said 
  they 
  went 
  to 
  New 
  York, 
  easily 
  drove 
  off 
  the 
  

   Satanas, 
  or 
  Shawnees, 
  practised 
  stratagems 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  

  

  