﻿210 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  quins 
  and 
  other 
  refugees 
  from 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  some 
  Hurons 
  having 
  

   retired 
  beyond 
  Lake 
  Superior. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  9 
  

  

  Iroquois 
  war 
  renewed, 
  and 
  their 
  strength. 
  Huron 
  and 
  French 
  defeat 
  on 
  

   Ottawa 
  river. 
  Sad 
  condition 
  of 
  Canada. 
  Proposals 
  of 
  peace. 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  

   goes 
  to 
  Onondaga. 
  His 
  reception. 
  Rank 
  of 
  Garakontie'. 
  Hotreouate'. 
  

   War 
  with 
  Minquas 
  or 
  Andastes. 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  eastern 
  Indians. 
  New 
  

   Esopus 
  war. 
  Onondaga 
  embassy 
  to 
  Canada 
  attacked, 
  with 
  consequent 
  

   war. 
  First 
  treaty 
  between 
  Five 
  Nations 
  and 
  English. 
  De 
  Tracy 
  builds 
  

   forts 
  and 
  invades 
  Mohawks 
  twice. 
  

  

  War 
  now 
  raged 
  everywhere, 
  with 
  varying 
  fortunes, 
  but 
  with 
  

   much 
  distress 
  to 
  the 
  French, 
  many 
  of 
  whom 
  were 
  made 
  pris- 
  

   oners, 
  but 
  were 
  often 
  well 
  cared 
  for 
  by 
  Garakontie'. 
  Governor 
  

   d'Argenson 
  landed 
  at 
  Quebec 
  July 
  11, 
  1658, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  massacre 
  of 
  Algonquins 
  close 
  to 
  that 
  place. 
  The 
  

   Iroquois 
  were 
  quickly 
  pursued, 
  but 
  escaped. 
  Some 
  Mohawks 
  

   tried 
  to 
  surprise 
  Three 
  Rivers, 
  and 
  afterward 
  10 
  of 
  them 
  entered 
  

   the 
  town 
  for 
  a 
  peace 
  talk 
  and 
  were 
  seized. 
  Their 
  leader 
  was 
  

   Atogouaekoiian, 
  or 
  the 
  Great 
  Spoon, 
  who 
  came 
  to 
  Quebec 
  to 
  

   treat 
  of 
  peace 
  in 
  1645. 
  They 
  were 
  released 
  after 
  scaring 
  them. 
  

   The 
  Iroquois 
  now 
  carried 
  their 
  arms 
  far 
  and 
  wide 
  and 
  in 
  1659 
  

   began 
  to 
  approach 
  Hudson 
  bay. 
  

  

  That 
  year 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  put 
  the 
  Esopus 
  people. 
  on 
  their 
  guard 
  

   and 
  were 
  successful 
  in 
  arranging 
  a 
  truce 
  between 
  the 
  Indians 
  and 
  

   the 
  Dutch. 
  They 
  again 
  wanted 
  help 
  in 
  repairing 
  their 
  castles 
  and 
  

   held 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Dutch, 
  in 
  which 
  reference 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  

   the 
  first 
  treaty 
  between 
  them 
  16 
  years 
  before, 
  probably 
  meaning 
  

   that 
  of 
  1645. 
  Aid 
  was 
  supplied. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  many 
  small 
  encounters 
  in 
  the 
  Canadian 
  w 
  r 
  ar 
  little 
  need 
  

   be 
  said, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  curious 
  estimate 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  strength 
  in 
  the 
  

   Relation 
  of 
  1660, 
  which 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  note 
  as 
  a 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  

   numbers 
  constantly 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  Of 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  there 
  

   were 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  500 
  warriors, 
  of 
  Oneidas 
  less 
  than 
  100, 
  of 
  

   Onondagas 
  and 
  Cayugas 
  about 
  300 
  each, 
  and 
  of 
  Senecas 
  not 
  

   more 
  than 
  1000. 
  Of 
  these 
  the 
  conquered 
  Hurons, 
  Tionontaties, 
  

   Neutrals, 
  Eries, 
  Fire 
  Nation 
  and 
  others 
  made 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  best 
  

   part. 
  Yet. 
  they 
  were 
  a 
  terrible 
  scourge 
  to 
  Canada. 
  

  

  