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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  mere 
  alliance 
  and 
  treated 
  it 
  as 
  such. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  the 
  

   return 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  in 
  France 
  was 
  demanded. 
  

  

  Hostilities 
  had 
  gone 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  west, 
  where 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  

   subdued 
  the 
  Illinois 
  after 
  a 
  six 
  years 
  war. 
  They 
  now 
  turned 
  

   against 
  the 
  Twightwees, 
  or 
  Miamis, 
  who 
  interfered 
  with 
  their 
  

   beaver 
  hunting. 
  In 
  1687 
  the 
  English 
  gave 
  them 
  a 
  barrel 
  of 
  

   powder 
  to 
  aid 
  them 
  in 
  this 
  war. 
  

  

  In 
  1688 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  attacked 
  the 
  Mission 
  of 
  the 
  Mountain, 
  

   killing 
  Haratsion, 
  its 
  chief. 
  Then 
  the 
  French 
  Iroquois 
  began 
  to 
  

   waver 
  and 
  surrendered 
  their 
  prisoners, 
  50 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  men 
  also 
  

   returning 
  to 
  the 
  Xew 
  York 
  towns. 
  Kryn 
  stood 
  fast 
  and 
  was 
  able 
  

   to 
  turn 
  back 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  war 
  party 
  which 
  he 
  met. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  advised 
  Dongan 
  to 
  build 
  two 
  forts, 
  one 
  at 
  Cayon- 
  

   hage, 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Salmon 
  river, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  Onjadarakte, 
  

   now 
  Ticonderoga, 
  both 
  customary 
  landing 
  places. 
  

  

  A 
  shrewd 
  plan 
  was 
  proposed 
  in 
  Canada 
  for 
  destroying 
  the 
  

   Iroquois. 
  A 
  party 
  should 
  go 
  against 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  

   Lake 
  Champlain, 
  while 
  another 
  went 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Cayonhage 
  or 
  

   La 
  Famine, 
  thence 
  to 
  Oneida 
  river, 
  where 
  Tethiroguen 
  would 
  be 
  

   destroyed, 
  and 
  Touenho 
  a 
  little 
  farther 
  south. 
  Onondaga 
  was 
  

   next 
  to 
  be 
  taken, 
  where 
  the 
  French 
  would 
  winter, 
  and 
  proceed 
  

   to 
  destroy 
  Cayuga 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  return. 
  The 
  party 
  on 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  would 
  also 
  destroy 
  the 
  Oneidas. 
  The 
  plan 
  ignored 
  

   English 
  interference 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  tried. 
  

  

  In 
  1688 
  a 
  convoy 
  of 
  canoes 
  was 
  surprised 
  near 
  Fort 
  Frontenac 
  

   by 
  25 
  or 
  30 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  17 
  canoes 
  were 
  destroyed. 
  In 
  June 
  

   of 
  that 
  year 
  the 
  great 
  Onondaga 
  chief 
  Hotreouate', 
  or 
  La 
  Grande 
  

   Gueule, 
  visited 
  Montreal, 
  making 
  several 
  speeches 
  and 
  a 
  decla- 
  

   ration 
  of 
  neutrality, 
  but 
  obliged 
  the 
  French 
  to 
  give 
  up 
  their 
  allies 
  

   to 
  their 
  fate. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  Charlevoix 
  called 
  him 
  by 
  another 
  

   name. 
  He 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  When 
  they 
  arrived 
  near 
  Cataracouy, 
  Haaskouan, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   deputies, 
  called 
  in 
  French 
  la 
  Grande 
  Gueule, 
  advanced 
  from 
  the 
  

   party, 
  entered 
  the 
  fort, 
  and 
  asked 
  the 
  commandant 
  for 
  one 
  of 
  

   his 
  officers 
  to 
  accompany 
  him 
  to 
  Montreal. 
  

  

  The 
  request 
  was 
  granted, 
  but 
  the 
  officer 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  

  

  