﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  territory, 
  two 
  days' 
  journey 
  from 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  frontier. 
  Between 
  

   these 
  there 
  was 
  almost 
  constant 
  warfare. 
  When 
  Van 
  Curler 
  

   visited 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  in 
  1642, 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  formal 
  treaty 
  with 
  

   them, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  one 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  1645. 
  This 
  was 
  often 
  

   referred 
  to 
  in 
  later 
  days. 
  As 
  the 
  fort 
  was 
  an 
  early 
  trading 
  post, 
  

   there 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Mahicans, 
  the 
  owners 
  

   of 
  the 
  land. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  French 
  and 
  English 
  claims 
  this 
  story 
  had 
  

   importance, 
  and 
  evidence 
  was 
  framed 
  to 
  fit 
  the 
  case. 
  Of 
  this 
  

   kind 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  Catelyn 
  Trico, 
  a 
  Frenchwoman 
  who 
  testified 
  in 
  

   1688 
  to 
  this 
  effect, 
  that 
  she 
  went 
  to 
  Albany, 
  then 
  called 
  Fort 
  

   Orange, 
  in 
  1623, 
  and 
  stayed 
  there 
  three 
  years, 
  living 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   and 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  always 
  afterward. 
  That 
  she 
  was 
  83 
  years 
  

   old, 
  and 
  that 
  during 
  her 
  stay 
  at 
  Albany 
  " 
  ye 
  Mahikanders 
  or 
  

   River 
  Indians 
  ; 
  ye 
  Maquase 
  : 
  Oneydes 
  : 
  Onnondagages, 
  Cay- 
  

   ouges. 
  & 
  Sinnekes, 
  w 
  th 
  ye 
  Mahawawa 
  or 
  Ottawawaes 
  Indians 
  

   came 
  & 
  made 
  Covenants 
  of 
  friendship 
  w 
  th 
  ye 
  s 
  d 
  Arien 
  Jorise 
  there 
  

   Commander," 
  with 
  other 
  remarkable 
  incidents 
  distinctly 
  remem- 
  

   bered 
  62 
  years 
  later. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  way 
  for 
  the 
  

   Ottawas 
  to 
  reach 
  Albany; 
  and, 
  when 
  they 
  came 
  in 
  the 
  18th 
  cen- 
  

   tury, 
  they 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  never 
  been 
  there 
  before. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   Five 
  Nations 
  were 
  not 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  Dutch 
  by 
  these 
  names 
  

   till 
  1662, 
  nor 
  were 
  they 
  in 
  common 
  use 
  till 
  the 
  second 
  English 
  

   occupation, 
  but 
  the 
  venerable 
  Mrs 
  Trico 
  remembered 
  just 
  what 
  

   Governor 
  Dongan 
  wished. 
  

  

  Pyrlaeus 
  made 
  a 
  note 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  regarding 
  the 
  place, 
  

   when 
  he 
  wrote 
  in 
  1743: 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  my 
  informant, 
  Sganarady, 
  a 
  creditable 
  aged 
  

   Indian, 
  his 
  grandfather 
  had 
  been 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  deputies 
  sent 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  entering 
  into 
  a 
  covenant 
  with 
  the 
  whole 
  Europeans 
  ; 
  

   they 
  met 
  at 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  Nordman's 
  Kill, 
  about 
  four 
  miles 
  below 
  

   where 
  Albany 
  was 
  built, 
  where 
  the 
  covenant 
  of 
  friendship 
  was 
  

   first 
  established, 
  and 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  the 
  active 
  body 
  in 
  

   effecting 
  this 
  work. 
  

  

  If 
  this 
  Indian 
  were 
  then 
  70 
  years 
  old 
  and 
  his 
  father 
  30 
  at 
  his 
  

   birth 
  — 
  certainly 
  a 
  fair 
  allowance 
  — 
  his 
  grandfather 
  might 
  have 
  

  

  