﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  205 
  

  

  t 
  if 
  ill, 
  and 
  henceforth 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  mutual 
  support. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  

   time 
  of 
  rejoicing. 
  

  

  About 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  Dutch 
  had 
  Indian 
  troubles, 
  there 
  being 
  an 
  

   outbreak 
  near 
  Manhattan, 
  and 
  in 
  October 
  the 
  Dutch 
  at 
  Fort 
  

   Orange 
  thought 
  it 
  prudent 
  to 
  renew 
  their 
  Mohawk 
  alliance. 
  In 
  

   November 
  ioo 
  Mohawks 
  came 
  there 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  about 
  

   to 
  attack 
  the 
  Hurons 
  and 
  asked 
  the 
  Dutch 
  to 
  be 
  neutral. 
  

  

  The 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Onondagas 
  were 
  often 
  in 
  antagonism. 
  In 
  

   1656 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  chief 
  desired 
  the 
  French 
  li 
  to 
  close 
  the 
  door 
  of 
  

   his 
  houses 
  and 
  his 
  forts 
  to 
  the 
  Onnontagueronnon, 
  who 
  wishes 
  

   to 
  be 
  my 
  foe, 
  and 
  who 
  broods 
  over 
  thoughts 
  of 
  war 
  against 
  me." 
  

   A 
  little 
  earlier 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  had 
  killed 
  a 
  Seneca 
  ambassador 
  

   near 
  Montreal, 
  jealous 
  of 
  his 
  mission 
  to 
  the 
  French. 
  This 
  

   nearly 
  caused 
  a 
  war 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  nations, 
  going 
  so 
  far 
  that 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  unsuccessfully 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  Dutch 
  for 
  mediation 
  

   and 
  aid. 
  This 
  matter 
  was 
  afterward 
  settled 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  though 
  

   the 
  two 
  nations 
  " 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  entering 
  into 
  war." 
  Their 
  

   alliance 
  was 
  not 
  old 
  enough 
  to 
  make 
  them 
  thoroughly 
  one. 
  In 
  

   1653 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  chief 
  had 
  told 
  the 
  French 
  " 
  that 
  it 
  Avas 
  very 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  distinguish 
  between 
  nation 
  and 
  nation 
  ; 
  that 
  the 
  

   Onnontaeronnons 
  w 
  r 
  ere 
  not 
  unfaithful 
  like 
  the 
  Anniehronnon 
  

   Iroquois," 
  with 
  like 
  complimentary 
  speeches. 
  

  

  Chaumonot 
  and 
  Dablon 
  have 
  left 
  notes 
  of 
  their 
  winter 
  at 
  

   Onondaga, 
  but 
  found 
  the 
  people 
  impatient 
  of 
  French 
  delays. 
  

   For 
  three 
  years 
  they 
  had 
  talked 
  of 
  founding 
  a 
  colony, 
  but 
  nothing- 
  

   had 
  been 
  done. 
  If 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  act 
  at 
  once, 
  the 
  plan 
  would 
  be 
  

   abandoned 
  and 
  war 
  might 
  follow. 
  On 
  this 
  Dablon 
  returned 
  to 
  

   Montreal 
  early 
  in 
  March 
  1656, 
  crossing 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  on 
  the 
  ice 
  

   and 
  reaching 
  Montreal 
  after 
  a 
  fearful 
  journey. 
  The 
  emergency 
  

   was 
  seen, 
  his 
  mission 
  was 
  successful, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  colony 
  left 
  

   Quebec, 
  May 
  17, 
  1756, 
  escorted 
  by 
  some 
  Onondagas, 
  Senecas 
  and 
  

   Hurons. 
  There 
  were 
  four 
  Jesuit 
  fathers 
  and 
  two 
  brothers 
  in 
  the 
  

   party, 
  and 
  between 
  50 
  and 
  60 
  colonists 
  and 
  soldiers. 
  Soon 
  after 
  

   starting, 
  they 
  were 
  assailed 
  by 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  Mohawks, 
  who 
  mal- 
  

   treated 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  but 
  made 
  excuses, 
  fearing 
  war 
  

   with 
  that 
  people. 
  

  

  