﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  211 
  

  

  Late 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1660 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  40 
  chosen 
  Hurons 
  left 
  

   Quebec 
  on 
  a 
  war 
  party 
  with 
  18 
  Frenchmen. 
  Some 
  Algonquins 
  

   joined 
  them 
  at 
  Three 
  Rivers 
  and 
  they 
  took 
  post 
  below 
  the 
  Sault 
  

   de 
  Chaudiere 
  on 
  the 
  Ottawa, 
  to 
  wait 
  for 
  Iroquois 
  hunters, 
  who 
  

   usually 
  passed 
  there 
  in 
  single 
  file. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  saw 
  them 
  and 
  

   gathered 
  the 
  rest, 
  who 
  were 
  soon 
  arrayed 
  as 
  warriors. 
  Solemnly 
  

   and 
  openly 
  200 
  Onondagas 
  came 
  down 
  the 
  sault 
  in 
  their 
  canoes, 
  

   ready 
  for 
  the 
  fight. 
  Their 
  astonished 
  foes 
  took 
  refuge 
  in 
  an 
  old 
  

   fort, 
  making 
  a 
  vigorous 
  defense. 
  Then 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  came 
  and 
  

   aided 
  in 
  the 
  siege, 
  which 
  lasted 
  for 
  10 
  days. 
  Water 
  could 
  be 
  had 
  

   only 
  at 
  the 
  peril 
  of 
  life, 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  deserted 
  to 
  their 
  

   foes. 
  The 
  French 
  fired 
  on 
  a 
  flag 
  of 
  truce, 
  and 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  

   infuriated. 
  Guarded 
  by 
  wooden 
  shields, 
  they 
  rushed 
  at 
  the 
  pali- 
  

   sades 
  to 
  cut 
  them 
  down. 
  The 
  French 
  grenades 
  were 
  exhausted, 
  

   and 
  they 
  used 
  disabled 
  gun 
  barrels. 
  At 
  last 
  they 
  tried 
  to 
  throw 
  

   a 
  barrel 
  of 
  powder 
  over 
  the 
  wall, 
  hoping 
  it 
  might 
  explode 
  in 
  the 
  

   midst 
  of 
  their 
  foes. 
  Unfortunately 
  it 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  bough, 
  fell 
  back, 
  

   exploded 
  within, 
  and 
  the 
  fight 
  was 
  soon 
  over. 
  Not 
  so 
  the 
  cruel- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  the 
  conquerors. 
  This 
  disaster 
  was 
  deeply 
  felt 
  by 
  both 
  

   Hurons 
  and 
  French, 
  who 
  also 
  heard 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  would 
  

   make 
  war 
  on 
  them 
  the 
  coming 
  year. 
  Quebec 
  was 
  blockaded 
  by 
  

   700 
  Iroquois, 
  victors 
  in 
  this 
  fight. 
  In 
  this 
  gloom 
  the 
  only 
  ray 
  of 
  

   light 
  was 
  that 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  party 
  came 
  to 
  Montreal 
  and 
  said 
  they 
  

   wished 
  to 
  be 
  neutral. 
  

  

  In 
  1660 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  invited 
  the 
  Indians 
  living 
  near 
  New 
  

   Amsterdam 
  to 
  live 
  with 
  them 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  southern 
  journey 
  to 
  

   reconcile 
  the 
  Minquas 
  and 
  Senecas. 
  They 
  were 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  

   treaty 
  with 
  the 
  Esopus 
  Indians 
  and 
  gave 
  bail 
  for 
  their 
  good 
  

   behavior. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  also 
  came 
  to 
  Fort 
  Orange, 
  and 
  the 
  Dutch 
  

   hoped 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  at 
  peace 
  with 
  the 
  Minquas, 
  here 
  called 
  

   Maquas 
  by 
  clerical 
  error. 
  It 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  conference 
  at 
  Esopus 
  

   that 
  a 
  Minqua 
  chief 
  sharply 
  reproved 
  the 
  Indians 
  there 
  : 
  " 
  Ye 
  

   cause 
  us 
  and 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  great 
  losses. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  your 
  land. 
  

   It 
  is 
  our 
  land. 
  Therefore 
  repeat 
  not 
  this 
  but 
  throw 
  down 
  the 
  

   hatchet." 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  year 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  waged 
  a 
  worse 
  war 
  in 
  Canada, 
  

  

  