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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  taking 
  a 
  small 
  fort. 
  A 
  party 
  of 
  22 
  Iroquois 
  was 
  destroyed., 
  but 
  

   one 
  escaping. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  the 
  fears 
  of 
  the 
  

   French 
  exaggerated 
  their 
  numbers, 
  but 
  all 
  -were 
  in 
  the 
  utmost 
  

   terror 
  when 
  Frontenac 
  came 
  back 
  from 
  France 
  in 
  October 
  1689. 
  

   The 
  old 
  man 
  had 
  not 
  lost 
  all 
  his 
  youthful 
  energy, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  

   took 
  courage. 
  He 
  brought 
  back 
  the 
  Indian 
  prisoners, 
  and 
  this 
  

   and 
  the 
  smallpox 
  restrained 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  incursions. 
  The 
  cap- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  Schenectady 
  followed 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  expedition 
  the 
  French 
  

   lost 
  21 
  men. 
  Kryn 
  commanded 
  80 
  French 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  this. 
  He 
  

   was 
  killed 
  in 
  June 
  1690, 
  his 
  party 
  being 
  mistaken 
  for 
  enemies 
  

   by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Abenaquiois. 
  It 
  had 
  been 
  hoped 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  

   draw 
  all 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  to 
  Canada. 
  

  

  This 
  year 
  the 
  Albany 
  people 
  sent 
  six 
  men, 
  with 
  three 
  teams 
  of 
  

   horses, 
  to 
  aid 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  in 
  rebuilding 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  castles 
  a 
  

   mile 
  farther 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Colden 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Leisler 
  troubles 
  and 
  the 
  change 
  of 
  gov- 
  

   ernment 
  caused 
  remarks 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  

   said 
  : 
  

  

  "We 
  hear 
  that 
  a 
  Dutch 
  Prince 
  reigns 
  now 
  in 
  England, 
  why 
  do 
  

   you 
  suffer 
  the 
  English 
  Soldiers 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  Fort? 
  put 
  all 
  the 
  

   English 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  Town. 
  When 
  the 
  Dutch 
  held 
  this 
  Country 
  

   long 
  ago, 
  we 
  lay 
  in 
  their 
  Houses 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  English 
  have 
  always 
  

   made 
  us 
  lie 
  without 
  Doors. 
  

  

  Colden 
  and 
  Smith 
  both 
  described 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  almost 
  

   unnoticed 
  in 
  other 
  colonial 
  records. 
  There 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  previous 
  

   one 
  at 
  Albany, 
  September 
  1689. 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  con- 
  

   ferred 
  with 
  delegates 
  from 
  Xew 
  England, 
  who 
  wished 
  their 
  aid 
  

   against 
  some 
  eastern 
  Indians. 
  They 
  replied, 
  ' 
  YVe 
  can 
  not 
  

   declare 
  War 
  against 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Indians, 
  for 
  they 
  have 
  done 
  us 
  

   no 
  Harm." 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  they 
  told 
  the 
  English 
  that 
  140 
  Iroquois 
  

   were 
  scouting 
  along 
  Canada, 
  and 
  nothing 
  would 
  escape 
  their 
  

   notice. 
  Dec. 
  2~, 
  1689, 
  messengers 
  came 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  

   released 
  prisoners 
  were 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  with 
  proposals 
  from 
  Can- 
  

   ada, 
  and 
  they 
  wished 
  the 
  mayor 
  of 
  Albany, 
  Peter 
  Schuyler 
  and 
  

   others, 
  to 
  come 
  there 
  to 
  a 
  council. 
  The 
  magistrates 
  sent 
  a 
  Mo- 
  

   hawk 
  chief, 
  the 
  interpreter 
  and 
  another 
  person, 
  but, 
  unwisely, 
  

  

  