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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  attended 
  the 
  first 
  historic 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  in 
  1645, 
  ail 
  d 
  

   have 
  been 
  then 
  40 
  years 
  old. 
  It 
  seems 
  needless 
  to 
  take 
  30 
  years 
  

   from 
  this 
  date 
  and 
  make 
  the 
  grandsire 
  a 
  boy. 
  

  

  The 
  Algonquins 
  and 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  been 
  at 
  war 
  over 
  50 
  years 
  

   when 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  talk 
  of 
  peace 
  in 
  1622. 
  June 
  2 
  two 
  Iroquois 
  

   came 
  to 
  Three 
  Rivers 
  to 
  confer 
  about 
  this 
  and 
  were 
  well 
  received, 
  

   after 
  which 
  they 
  returned 
  home 
  with 
  four 
  deputies 
  and 
  many 
  

   presents. 
  Six 
  weeks 
  later 
  the 
  deputies 
  came 
  back, 
  having 
  been 
  

   heartily 
  welcomed 
  by 
  the 
  Mohawks. 
  Unfortunately 
  a 
  trouble- 
  

   some 
  fellow, 
  who 
  went 
  with 
  them, 
  treacherously 
  killed 
  an 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  on 
  the 
  way, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  feared 
  the 
  war 
  would 
  be 
  renewed. 
  

   The 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  considerate, 
  thinking 
  it 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  personal 
  

   malice, 
  sent 
  six 
  more 
  deputies 
  and 
  concluded 
  peace 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  

   of 
  1624. 
  

  

  Le 
  Clercq 
  said 
  that 
  early 
  in 
  1622, 
  30 
  Iroquois 
  canoes 
  passed 
  

   Three 
  Rivers 
  and 
  attacked 
  the 
  Recollect 
  convent 
  near 
  Quebec, 
  

   but 
  he 
  often 
  erred, 
  though 
  positive 
  in 
  this 
  statement. 
  Neither 
  

   Champlain 
  nor 
  Sagard 
  mentions 
  it, 
  nor 
  does 
  it 
  harmonize 
  with 
  

   other 
  events. 
  

  

  Meanwhile 
  the 
  Dutch 
  were 
  busy. 
  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1623 
  a 
  

   " 
  ship 
  sailed 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  Maykans," 
  — 
  not 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawks. 
  The 
  

   distance 
  was 
  estimated 
  at 
  about 
  132 
  English 
  miles, 
  and 
  the 
  

   colony 
  built 
  Fort 
  Orange 
  on 
  Castle 
  island. 
  " 
  Right 
  opposite 
  is 
  

   the 
  fort 
  of 
  the 
  Maykans, 
  which 
  they 
  built 
  against 
  their 
  enemies, 
  

   the 
  Maquaees, 
  a 
  powerful 
  people." 
  These 
  were 
  then 
  at 
  war, 
  and 
  

   in 
  1626 
  the 
  former 
  asked 
  help 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch, 
  who 
  were 
  willing. 
  

   Commander 
  Krieckebeck 
  and 
  six 
  others 
  marched 
  with 
  them 
  

   toward 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  country. 
  A 
  league 
  from 
  the 
  fort 
  they 
  met 
  

   the 
  Mohawks, 
  armed 
  with 
  bows 
  and 
  arrows, 
  and 
  were 
  defeated, 
  

   the 
  Dutch 
  commander 
  and 
  three 
  of 
  his 
  men 
  being 
  killed. 
  The 
  

   Mohawks 
  cooked 
  and 
  ate 
  one 
  and 
  burned 
  the 
  rest, 
  reserving 
  an 
  

   arm 
  and 
  leg 
  as 
  trophies 
  for 
  those 
  at 
  home. 
  Peter 
  Barentsen, 
  

   their 
  favorite 
  trader, 
  visited 
  them 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  later, 
  for 
  they 
  could 
  

   not 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  trade. 
  They 
  said 
  " 
  they 
  had 
  never 
  

   injured 
  the 
  whites, 
  and 
  asked 
  the 
  reason 
  why 
  the 
  latter 
  had 
  med- 
  

   dled 
  with 
  them. 
  Had 
  it 
  been 
  otherwise, 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  

  

  