﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  189 
  

  

  The 
  truce 
  was 
  kept 
  by 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  who 
  hunted 
  freely 
  with 
  

   the 
  Algonquins 
  the 
  following 
  winter, 
  to 
  the 
  astonishment 
  of 
  

   many. 
  " 
  Those 
  who 
  know 
  the 
  antipathies 
  of 
  these 
  nations 
  and 
  

   their 
  frightful 
  inclinations 
  for 
  revenge, 
  think 
  that 
  they 
  see 
  so 
  

   many 
  miracles 
  when 
  they 
  see 
  a 
  friendly 
  feeling 
  between 
  an 
  

   Algonquin 
  and 
  an 
  Iroquois." 
  It 
  did 
  not 
  affect 
  the 
  other 
  four 
  

   nations. 
  Two 
  bands 
  of 
  Hurons 
  fell 
  into 
  their 
  hands 
  while 
  going 
  

   to 
  trade 
  with 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  in 
  1645 
  they 
  captured 
  three 
  other 
  

   fleets. 
  Early 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  that 
  year 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  party 
  

   approached 
  a 
  Huron 
  village 
  and 
  captured 
  a 
  troop 
  of 
  women 
  

   going 
  out 
  to 
  their 
  morning 
  work. 
  So 
  quickly 
  were 
  they 
  placed 
  

   in 
  their 
  canoes 
  that 
  200 
  armed 
  Hurons 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  rescue 
  

   them. 
  

  

  Toward 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  that 
  summer 
  some 
  Huron 
  and 
  Iroquois 
  

   warriors 
  met 
  in 
  the 
  forest, 
  the 
  former 
  at 
  first 
  having 
  the 
  advan- 
  

   tage. 
  A 
  parley 
  followed, 
  and, 
  when 
  the 
  fight 
  was 
  resumed, 
  the 
  

   Hurons 
  were 
  beaten. 
  A 
  notable 
  incident 
  happened 
  at 
  a 
  large 
  

   Huron 
  town 
  soon 
  after. 
  An 
  attack 
  was 
  feared 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  

   were 
  prepared, 
  young 
  men 
  being 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  sentry 
  boxes 
  on 
  

   the 
  wall. 
  They 
  sang 
  war 
  songs 
  loudly 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  night, 
  but 
  at 
  

   last 
  fell 
  asleep. 
  Some 
  Iroquois 
  warriors 
  had 
  crept 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  wall, 
  and, 
  when 
  all 
  was 
  still, 
  one 
  climbed 
  to 
  the 
  tower, 
  

   split 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  one 
  sentinel 
  and 
  threw 
  the 
  other 
  down, 
  where 
  

   his 
  comrades 
  scalped 
  him, 
  making 
  off 
  so 
  quickly 
  that 
  nothing 
  

   could 
  be 
  done. 
  Then 
  Hurons 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  largest 
  Seneca 
  town, 
  

   pierced 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  cabins, 
  choosing, 
  killing 
  and 
  scalping 
  

   each 
  his 
  man, 
  and 
  escaping 
  from 
  hundreds 
  in 
  swift 
  pursuit. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  other 
  later 
  encounters 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  warned 
  

   all 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  peace 
  with 
  them 
  alone, 
  and 
  in 
  presence 
  of 
  

   their 
  ambassadors 
  several 
  Algonquin 
  tribes 
  made 
  peace 
  with 
  the 
  

   Dutch 
  at 
  New 
  Amsterdam, 
  Aug. 
  30, 
  1645. 
  Van 
  der 
  Donck 
  thus 
  

   mentioned 
  their 
  first 
  treaty 
  with 
  the 
  Dutch 
  that 
  year 
  : 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  year 
  1645, 
  we 
  were 
  employed 
  with 
  the 
  officers 
  and 
  rulers 
  

   of 
  the 
  colony 
  of 
  Rensselaerwyck 
  in 
  negotiating 
  a 
  treaty 
  of 
  peace 
  

   with 
  the 
  Maquas, 
  who 
  then 
  were 
  and 
  still 
  are 
  the 
  strongest 
  and 
  

   fiercest 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  ; 
  whereat 
  the 
  Director 
  General 
  

   William 
  Kieft, 
  on 
  the 
  one 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  

  

  