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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  rough 
  drafts 
  of 
  Maps 
  relating 
  thereto, 
  partly 
  drawn 
  with 
  accur- 
  

   acy. 
  And 
  in 
  deliberately 
  considering 
  how 
  I 
  can 
  best 
  reconcile 
  

   this 
  one 
  with 
  the 
  rough 
  drafts 
  Communicated, 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  

   places 
  of 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Sennecas, 
  Gachoos, 
  Capitanasses, 
  and 
  

   Jottecas, 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  marked 
  down 
  considerably 
  further 
  west 
  

   into 
  the 
  Country. 
  

  

  The 
  map 
  of 
  1616 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  smaller 
  scale 
  and 
  embraces 
  part 
  of 
  

   Canada. 
  While 
  retaining 
  the 
  main 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  other, 
  the 
  

   lettering 
  is 
  by 
  a 
  different 
  hand 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  slight 
  changes 
  in 
  

   the 
  spelling. 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  is 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  is 
  labeled 
  

   '" 
  Hcf 
  Meer 
  Yand 
  Irocoisen." 
  Its 
  eastern 
  shore 
  is 
  called 
  Irocoisia, 
  

   a 
  sufficient 
  refutation 
  of 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  Charlevoix. 
  East 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  

   the 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  Almouchicoisen 
  in 
  Xew 
  England, 
  showing 
  

   again 
  an 
  early 
  use 
  of 
  this 
  terminal 
  by 
  the 
  Algonquins. 
  The 
  note 
  

   on 
  French 
  sloops 
  and 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  is 
  on 
  this 
  map. 
  

  

  A 
  petition, 
  to 
  which 
  this 
  chart 
  was 
  annexed, 
  was 
  read 
  to 
  the 
  

   officials 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  General 
  Aug. 
  18, 
  1616, 
  asking 
  that 
  they 
  

   would 
  " 
  be 
  pleased 
  to 
  hear 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  Cornelis 
  Hendrickxzen's 
  

   Report, 
  and 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  Map 
  and 
  Discovery." 
  The 
  

   discovery 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  bay 
  and 
  three 
  rivers 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson. 
  One 
  item 
  is 
  of 
  interest: 
  "He 
  also 
  traded 
  for, 
  

   and 
  bought 
  from 
  the 
  inhabitants, 
  the 
  Minquaees. 
  three 
  persons, 
  

   being 
  people 
  belonging 
  to- 
  this 
  Company 
  : 
  which 
  three 
  persons 
  

   were 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Machicans 
  : 
  

   giving 
  for 
  them 
  kettles, 
  beads 
  and 
  merchandize." 
  

  

  Champlain 
  said 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Carantouan 
  took 
  these 
  three 
  men 
  

   in 
  war 
  in 
  1614. 
  They 
  could 
  safely 
  trade 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  with 
  the 
  

   Mahicans. 
  but. 
  to 
  trade 
  with 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  an 
  inland 
  journey 
  

   must 
  be 
  made. 
  On 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  trading 
  trips 
  they 
  were 
  made 
  

   prisoners. 
  Champlain 
  said 
  their 
  captors 
  returned 
  them 
  without 
  

   harm, 
  thinking 
  they 
  were 
  French. 
  " 
  Otherwise 
  these 
  three 
  pris- 
  

   oners 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  suffered 
  to 
  get 
  off 
  so 
  cheaply." 
  

   Through 
  the 
  Hurons 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  Indians 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  

   opinion 
  of 
  the 
  French. 
  All 
  were 
  foes 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  

  

  Connected 
  with 
  this 
  early 
  trade 
  is 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  a 
  Dutch 
  and 
  

   Iroquois 
  treaty 
  at 
  Tawasentha. 
  or 
  Normans 
  kill, 
  below 
  Albany, 
  

   credited 
  by 
  many 
  on 
  very 
  small 
  proof. 
  This 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  Mahican 
  

  

  