﻿23O 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  which 
  you 
  and 
  I 
  shall 
  not 
  fall 
  out; 
  I 
  desire 
  we 
  may 
  Joyne 
  heart- 
  

   ily 
  together 
  to 
  advance 
  the 
  Interest 
  of 
  my 
  Master 
  and 
  your 
  good 
  

   Friend 
  ; 
  I 
  expect 
  to 
  hear 
  from 
  you, 
  how 
  you 
  would 
  have 
  me 
  

   proceed. 
  

  

  Jan. 
  13., 
  1696, 
  for 
  £100 
  he 
  granted 
  the 
  Indian 
  lands 
  on 
  the 
  Sus- 
  

   quehanna 
  to 
  William 
  Penn, 
  " 
  which 
  the 
  said 
  Thos. 
  Dongan 
  lately 
  

   purchased 
  of, 
  or 
  had 
  given 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  Sennica 
  Susquehanah 
  

   Indians.'' 
  

  

  One 
  feature 
  of 
  De 
  la 
  Barre's 
  mission 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  overlooked, 
  

   as 
  it 
  was 
  acted 
  on 
  later. 
  In 
  writing 
  to 
  him 
  about 
  the 
  proposed 
  

   war 
  in 
  1684.. 
  Louis 
  14 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  As 
  it 
  tends 
  to 
  the 
  good 
  of 
  my 
  servants 
  to 
  diminish, 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  

   possible 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  moreover, 
  as 
  these 
  

   savages, 
  who 
  are 
  very 
  strong 
  and 
  robust, 
  will 
  serve 
  usefully 
  in 
  

   my 
  galleys, 
  I 
  will 
  that 
  you 
  do 
  everything 
  in 
  your 
  power 
  to 
  make 
  

   a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  prisoners 
  of 
  war. 
  and 
  have 
  them 
  em- 
  

   barked 
  by 
  every 
  opportunity 
  that 
  will 
  otter, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  they 
  

   be 
  conveyed 
  to 
  France. 
  

  

  Throughout 
  this 
  affair 
  the 
  Senecas 
  had 
  been 
  defiant 
  and 
  all 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  carried 
  their 
  points. 
  The 
  result 
  was 
  that, 
  after 
  

   De 
  la 
  Barre's 
  return, 
  40 
  Onondagas 
  went 
  at 
  once 
  against 
  the 
  

   Illinois. 
  They 
  had 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  entire 
  Iroquois 
  nation 
  

   reserved 
  to 
  itself 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  waging 
  war 
  against 
  the 
  Illinois, 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  a 
  single 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  should 
  remain 
  on 
  earth." 
  De 
  la 
  

   Barre 
  had 
  already 
  complained 
  of 
  the 
  attack 
  on 
  Fort 
  St 
  Louis 
  in 
  

   Illinois 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  plundering 
  of 
  French 
  can 
  : 
  

   but 
  without 
  avail. 
  

  

  King 
  Louis 
  was 
  displeased 
  at 
  De 
  la 
  Barre's 
  abandonment 
  of 
  

   the 
  Illinois 
  and 
  sent 
  De 
  Xonville 
  to 
  take 
  his 
  place 
  in 
  1685. 
  He 
  

   was 
  to 
  aid 
  the 
  Illinois 
  and 
  humble 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  A 
  new 
  trouble 
  

   came. 
  For 
  purposes 
  of 
  trade 
  both 
  the 
  English 
  and 
  Iroquois 
  

   were 
  desirous 
  of 
  an 
  alliance 
  with 
  the 
  Ottawas. 
  A 
  French 
  soldier 
  

   saw 
  11 
  English 
  trading 
  canoes 
  going 
  west, 
  guided 
  by 
  French 
  

   deserters. 
  They 
  reached 
  the 
  Ottawas 
  that 
  year 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time, 
  

   crossing 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  Desertions 
  of 
  French 
  soldiers 
  were 
  

   frequent, 
  and 
  about 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  sent 
  back 
  five 
  who 
  

   had 
  come 
  there 
  from 
  Fort 
  Frontenac. 
  

  

  