﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  229 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  speech 
  was 
  finished, 
  he 
  rose, 
  and 
  having 
  took 
  five 
  or 
  

   six 
  turns 
  in 
  the 
  ring 
  that 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  the 
  savages 
  made, 
  he 
  

   returned 
  to 
  his 
  place, 
  and 
  standing 
  upright, 
  spoke 
  after 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing" 
  manner 
  to 
  the 
  General, 
  who 
  sat 
  in 
  his 
  chair 
  of 
  state. 
  

  

  Then 
  followed 
  that 
  strain 
  of 
  dignified 
  sarcasm 
  which 
  has 
  never 
  

   been 
  surpassed. 
  He 
  knew 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  idle 
  to 
  say 
  so 
  many 
  soldiers 
  were 
  on 
  an 
  errand 
  of 
  peace. 
  

   Sickness 
  had 
  fortunately 
  saved 
  their 
  lives. 
  The 
  sun 
  had 
  not 
  dried 
  

   up 
  the 
  swamps 
  which 
  made 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  towns 
  inaccessible 
  to 
  

   the 
  French. 
  " 
  Our 
  Children 
  and 
  old 
  Men 
  had 
  carried 
  their 
  Bows 
  

   and 
  Arrows 
  into 
  the 
  Heart 
  of 
  your 
  Camp, 
  if 
  our 
  Warriors 
  had 
  

   not 
  disarmed 
  them 
  and 
  kept 
  them 
  back." 
  They 
  had 
  plundered 
  

   the 
  French 
  who 
  carried 
  warlike 
  munitions 
  to 
  their 
  foes. 
  It 
  was 
  

   a 
  proper 
  act 
  of 
  self-defense, 
  but 
  " 
  Our 
  Warriors 
  have 
  not 
  Beavers 
  

   enough 
  to 
  pay 
  for 
  all 
  these 
  Arms 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  taken, 
  and 
  our 
  

   old 
  Men 
  are 
  not 
  afraid 
  of 
  the 
  War." 
  They 
  would 
  trade 
  with 
  

   whom 
  they 
  chose. 
  ' 
  We 
  are 
  born 
  free, 
  we 
  neither 
  depend 
  on 
  

   Onnondio 
  or 
  Corlaer. 
  We 
  may 
  go 
  where 
  we 
  please, 
  and 
  carry 
  

   with 
  us 
  whom 
  we 
  please, 
  and 
  buy 
  and 
  sell 
  what 
  we 
  please. 
  If 
  

   your 
  Allies 
  be 
  your 
  Slaves, 
  use 
  them 
  as 
  such." 
  

  

  De 
  la 
  Barre 
  was 
  enraged 
  but 
  powerless 
  ; 
  and 
  Colden 
  said 
  that 
  

   this 
  great 
  expedition 
  " 
  ended 
  in 
  a 
  Scold 
  between 
  the 
  French 
  

   General 
  and 
  an 
  old 
  Indian." 
  The 
  Illinois 
  were 
  abandoned 
  to 
  

   their 
  fate, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  army 
  ingloriously 
  returned. 
  

  

  Governor 
  Dongan 
  was 
  already 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  had 
  some- 
  

   thing 
  to 
  say 
  on 
  these 
  affairs, 
  though 
  not 
  always 
  wisely 
  ; 
  and 
  

   Arnold 
  Viele, 
  his 
  deputy 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  offended 
  the 
  chiefs 
  by 
  his 
  

   words. 
  He 
  put 
  the 
  king's 
  arms 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  castles 
  and 
  

   the 
  French 
  said 
  he 
  promised 
  them 
  aid. 
  Governor 
  Dongan 
  did 
  

   another 
  effective 
  but 
  doubtful 
  thing, 
  persuading 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  

   and 
  Cayugas 
  to 
  place 
  their 
  Susquehanna 
  lands 
  under 
  the 
  king's 
  

   protection, 
  lest 
  Penn's 
  agents 
  should 
  secure 
  them. 
  They 
  said 
  

   that 
  by 
  conquest 
  these 
  lands 
  belonged 
  to 
  them 
  alone 
  and 
  they 
  

   fastened 
  them 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  Acting 
  ostensibly 
  for 
  the 
  public 
  

   good 
  and 
  against 
  Penn, 
  he 
  yet 
  wrote 
  to 
  him 
  Oct. 
  22, 
  1683 
  : 
  

  

  All 
  business 
  here 
  goes 
  on 
  to 
  great 
  Satisfaction 
  ; 
  the 
  Sesque- 
  

   hannok 
  River 
  is 
  given 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  by 
  a 
  second 
  gift, 
  about 
  

  

  