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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  desired 
  vengeance, 
  but 
  the 
  smallpox 
  had 
  weakened 
  their 
  towns 
  

   and 
  for 
  a 
  while 
  they 
  could 
  do 
  nothing. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  French 
  story. 
  

   Those 
  near 
  by 
  made 
  light 
  of 
  the 
  affair. 
  About 
  this 
  time 
  there 
  

   were 
  prospects 
  of 
  peace 
  between 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  Iroquois, 
  but 
  

   the 
  Hurons 
  reported 
  French 
  preparations 
  to 
  destroy 
  them, 
  and 
  

   this 
  broke 
  off 
  negotiations. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1664 
  Garakontie' 
  prepared 
  another 
  peace 
  

   embassy. 
  Even 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  wished 
  peace, 
  having 
  on 
  hand 
  a 
  

   Mahican 
  war 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  Andastes 
  kept 
  the 
  upper 
  Iroquois 
  busy. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  Garakontie' 
  was 
  the 
  prime 
  mover, 
  but 
  

   the 
  Oneidas 
  took 
  no 
  action 
  at 
  all. 
  The 
  chief 
  set 
  out 
  with 
  30 
  

   ambassadors 
  and 
  100 
  great 
  belts. 
  These 
  fell 
  into 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  

   ambuscade, 
  and 
  all 
  hopes 
  of 
  peace 
  were 
  destroyed, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   resolving 
  on 
  vengeance. 
  Yet 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  embassy 
  came 
  to 
  Quebec 
  

   Sep. 
  18, 
  speaking 
  for 
  all 
  but 
  the 
  Oneidas. 
  War 
  continued. 
  

  

  That 
  year 
  Mohawk 
  ambassadors 
  were 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  Abena- 
  

   quiois, 
  or 
  Kennebecs, 
  and 
  the 
  Mahicans 
  attacked 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  

   killing 
  Dutch 
  cattle 
  at 
  Greenbush 
  and 
  ravaging 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  

   Hudson 
  river. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  threatened 
  to 
  attack 
  the 
  Minisinks, 
  

   whom 
  the 
  Minquas 
  would 
  defend. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  treaty 
  between 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  English 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   was 
  made 
  at 
  Albany, 
  Sep. 
  24, 
  1664, 
  and 
  was 
  signed 
  by 
  four 
  

   M'ohawk 
  chiefs 
  and 
  four 
  nominal 
  Senecas, 
  tw 
  r 
  o 
  of 
  whom 
  were 
  

   Onondagas 
  and 
  Cayitgas. 
  The 
  English 
  were 
  not 
  to 
  aid 
  the 
  New 
  

   England 
  Indians, 
  who 
  had 
  murdered 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  chief, 
  but 
  peace 
  

   was 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  River 
  Indians. 
  Colden 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  In 
  1664, 
  New 
  York 
  being 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  English, 
  they 
  immedi- 
  

   ately 
  entered 
  into 
  a 
  Friendship 
  with 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  which 
  has 
  

   continued 
  without 
  the 
  least 
  Breach 
  to 
  this 
  Day 
  : 
  and 
  History, 
  I 
  

   believe, 
  can 
  not 
  give 
  an 
  Instance 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  Christian 
  and 
  most 
  

   Catholick 
  Kings 
  observing 
  a 
  Treaty 
  so 
  strictly, 
  and 
  for 
  so 
  long 
  

   a 
  Time 
  as 
  these 
  Barbarians, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  called, 
  have 
  done. 
  

  

  M. 
  de 
  Tracy 
  came 
  to 
  Canada 
  in 
  1665, 
  and 
  at 
  once 
  built 
  three 
  

   forts 
  on 
  the 
  River 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  The 
  king 
  of 
  France 
  resolved 
  

   " 
  to 
  carry 
  war 
  even 
  to 
  their 
  firesides, 
  in 
  order 
  totally 
  to 
  exter- 
  

   minate 
  them," 
  if 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  submit, 
  though 
  the 
  English 
  occu- 
  

   pation 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  had 
  changed 
  the 
  situation. 
  The 
  regiment 
  

  

  