﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  21 
  5 
  

  

  they 
  called 
  Wooden 
  Leg, 
  went 
  to 
  Fort 
  Orange 
  about 
  this, 
  pro- 
  

   cured 
  an 
  accommodation 
  and 
  ransomed 
  some 
  captives. 
  They 
  

   were 
  Kennebecs. 
  

  

  Governor 
  d'Avaugour 
  had 
  come 
  to 
  Canada 
  in 
  1661, 
  and 
  in 
  1662 
  

   he 
  said 
  " 
  it 
  was 
  politic 
  to 
  exaggerate 
  more 
  than 
  ever 
  the 
  cruelties 
  

   of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  in 
  order 
  the 
  better 
  to 
  conceal 
  the 
  designs 
  that 
  

   might 
  be 
  adopted 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  ; 
  fearing 
  lest 
  English 
  ignorance 
  

   and 
  Dutch 
  weakness 
  might 
  be 
  alarmed, 
  and 
  have 
  their 
  jealousy 
  

   excited." 
  

  

  The 
  governor 
  of 
  French 
  Acadia 
  desired 
  a 
  permanent 
  peace 
  

   between 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  northern 
  Indians. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  

   replied 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  best 
  be 
  left 
  alone. 
  The 
  Mahicans 
  had 
  fled 
  

   from 
  Albany 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  left 
  their 
  corn 
  lands. 
  As 
  the 
  

   Dutch 
  did 
  not 
  like 
  them 
  to 
  pass 
  Fort 
  Orange, 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  now 
  

   went 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  wars 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Cohoes 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  but 
  a 
  party 
  

   of 
  Mohawks, 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Senecas 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  Dutch 
  

   town 
  in 
  December 
  against 
  the 
  eastern 
  Indians, 
  by 
  whom 
  they 
  

   were 
  defeated. 
  

  

  In 
  1663 
  the 
  Algonquins 
  killed 
  Garistarsia 
  and 
  10 
  of 
  his 
  men. 
  

   There 
  was 
  a 
  desperate 
  struggle 
  between 
  Garistarsia, 
  or 
  the 
  

   Sword, 
  and 
  Gahronho, 
  a 
  stalwart 
  Algonquin 
  chief. 
  They 
  

   grappled, 
  and, 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  Avas 
  about 
  dealing 
  a 
  death 
  

   blow, 
  a 
  lucky 
  chance 
  changed 
  the 
  result 
  for 
  the 
  Algonquin, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Mohawk 
  was 
  slain. 
  

  

  That 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  new 
  hostilities 
  at 
  Esopus, 
  and 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  was 
  sought 
  in 
  recovering 
  prisoners. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  

   sent 
  a 
  large 
  force 
  against 
  the 
  Minquas, 
  which 
  had 
  poor 
  success. 
  

   According 
  to 
  one 
  account 
  the 
  army 
  descended 
  a 
  great 
  river 
  and 
  

   thought 
  they 
  would 
  find 
  the 
  foe 
  an 
  easy 
  prey 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  fort 
  was 
  

   defended 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  by 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  others 
  by 
  strong 
  

   palisades, 
  with 
  bastions 
  and 
  cannon. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  then 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  sending 
  25 
  men 
  into 
  the 
  fort 
  to 
  treat 
  for 
  peace 
  and 
  buy 
  

   provisions 
  for 
  their 
  return. 
  They 
  were 
  admitted, 
  seized 
  and 
  

   burned 
  alive 
  on 
  scaffolds 
  in 
  the 
  sight 
  of 
  their 
  helpless 
  friends. 
  

   The 
  Andastes 
  told 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  this 
  was 
  but 
  a 
  prelude 
  to 
  what 
  

   they 
  would 
  do 
  when 
  they 
  invaded 
  their 
  country. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  

  

  