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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  At 
  Lake 
  George 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  made 
  elm 
  bark 
  canoes, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   English 
  were 
  afraid 
  to 
  embark, 
  and, 
  when 
  smallpox 
  broke 
  out, 
  

   the 
  expedition 
  was 
  abandoned. 
  In 
  November 
  a 
  commission 
  was 
  

   given 
  to 
  "Aernout 
  Cornelisse 
  Viele, 
  resident 
  agent 
  among 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  at 
  their 
  court 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  ; 
  Gerrit 
  Luycasse 
  to 
  act 
  as 
  

   agent 
  till 
  Viele 
  arrives." 
  Chevalier 
  d'Eau 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  there 
  in 
  

   June 
  with 
  four 
  Frenchmen 
  and 
  four 
  Indians, 
  to 
  draw 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  to 
  the 
  French 
  interest, 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  asked 
  to 
  have 
  them 
  

   sent 
  to 
  Albany. 
  On 
  this 
  

  

  The 
  5 
  Nacons 
  being 
  met 
  by 
  their 
  chieftnes 
  together 
  at 
  Onon- 
  

   dague 
  aforesaid, 
  (which 
  is 
  their 
  Court) 
  Seized 
  them 
  and 
  bound 
  

   them 
  instantly, 
  despoyling 
  them 
  of 
  all 
  their 
  Money, 
  Presents, 
  & 
  

   what 
  they 
  had, 
  presenting 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  Sinneks, 
  Coiegues, 
  

   Oneydes, 
  and 
  Macquaes, 
  each 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  men 
  to 
  be 
  treated 
  

   in 
  their 
  Barbarous 
  manner. 
  

  

  D'Eau 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  English. 
  From 
  New 
  York 
  he 
  was 
  

   taken 
  to 
  Boston 
  and 
  allowed 
  to 
  escape. 
  In 
  Canada 
  fighting 
  went 
  

   on 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Montreal, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  said 
  " 
  there 
  w 
  r 
  as 
  

   no 
  security 
  anywhere." 
  Famine 
  naturally 
  followed. 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  York 
  Indian 
  agents 
  saw 
  advantages 
  gained 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  French 
  missionaries, 
  which 
  were 
  not 
  of 
  a 
  religious 
  nature, 
  and 
  

  

  wished 
  to 
  send 
  

  

  Some 
  young 
  divines 
  to 
  undertake 
  to 
  instruct 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   especially 
  ye 
  Maquase 
  in 
  the 
  true 
  Protestant 
  Religion 
  since 
  divers 
  

   had 
  an 
  inclination 
  to 
  itt 
  One 
  being 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  pains 
  and 
  indus- 
  

   try 
  of 
  Our 
  Minister 
  Dom 
  : 
  Dellius 
  brought 
  soe 
  far 
  yt 
  he 
  made 
  

   his 
  publick 
  confession 
  in 
  the 
  Church 
  at 
  Albany 
  to 
  every 
  body's 
  

   admiration 
  and 
  w 
  r 
  as 
  baptized 
  accordingly. 
  

  

  Governor 
  Sloughter 
  had 
  a 
  conference 
  with 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  at 
  

   Albany 
  in 
  1691. 
  They 
  said: 
  "We 
  did 
  formerly 
  desire, 
  that 
  we 
  

   might 
  have 
  a 
  Smith 
  at 
  Onnondaga, 
  whereupon 
  a 
  young 
  Man 
  that 
  

   was 
  a 
  Smith 
  by 
  Trade, 
  was 
  sent 
  us, 
  and 
  we 
  gave 
  him 
  20 
  Beaver 
  

   for 
  his 
  encouragement 
  to 
  stay, 
  but 
  is 
  gone 
  away; 
  again 
  we 
  

   request 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  have 
  a 
  Smith 
  there." 
  

  

  The 
  Mohawks 
  resented 
  English 
  inactivity 
  and 
  before 
  the 
  con- 
  

   ference 
  sent 
  messengers 
  to 
  Canada. 
  A 
  Mohawk 
  brought 
  news 
  

   from 
  Canada 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  " 
  a 
  designe 
  to 
  goe 
  out 
  and 
  fight 
  

   against 
  Onnondage 
  and 
  30 
  praying 
  Indians 
  were 
  ready 
  to 
  goe 
  out 
  

  

  