﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  the 
  next 
  day 
  to 
  annoy 
  the 
  Onnondages." 
  Frontenac 
  had 
  said 
  to 
  

   the 
  Indians 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  gather 
  a 
  large 
  force 
  against 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois, 
  " 
  and 
  fall 
  upon 
  them 
  vizt 
  first 
  on 
  the 
  Sennekaes 
  and 
  then 
  

   on 
  the 
  Cayouges, 
  Onnondages, 
  and 
  Oneydoes 
  and 
  passe 
  by 
  the 
  

   Maquaes 
  and 
  soe 
  come 
  down 
  and 
  fall 
  on 
  the 
  Christians 
  at 
  

   Albany." 
  Governor 
  Sloughter 
  said, 
  if 
  Albany 
  " 
  be 
  lost 
  our 
  

   Indians 
  are 
  lost, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  French 
  get 
  them 
  they 
  certainly 
  get 
  

   all 
  America." 
  

  

  An 
  expedition 
  against 
  Canada, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  to 
  

   aid, 
  was 
  arranged. 
  The 
  third 
  Mohawk 
  castle, 
  mourning 
  the 
  

   death 
  of 
  its 
  chief 
  sachem, 
  Tahaiodoris, 
  forgot 
  its 
  quota 
  of 
  men, 
  

   but 
  would 
  send 
  74. 
  The 
  first 
  two 
  castles 
  were 
  ready. 
  Major 
  

   Schuyler 
  headed 
  this 
  party 
  of 
  300 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  150 
  English, 
  

   having 
  moderate 
  success. 
  When 
  he 
  attacked 
  a 
  party 
  on, 
  his 
  

   retreat, 
  the 
  Schaghticoke 
  Indians 
  did 
  not 
  behave 
  well, 
  but 
  " 
  the 
  

   Mohawks, 
  upon 
  no 
  Occasion, 
  yielded 
  an 
  Inch 
  of 
  Ground, 
  till 
  

   the 
  English 
  first 
  gave 
  Way." 
  

  

  That 
  year 
  the 
  principal 
  captains 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Oneidas 
  

   were 
  all 
  killed. 
  For 
  a 
  winter 
  march 
  the 
  Senecas 
  were 
  making 
  

   snowshoes 
  between 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  in 
  Decem- 
  

   ber. 
  Others 
  went 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  November, 
  800 
  landing 
  on 
  

   the 
  island 
  of 
  Montreal 
  and 
  burning 
  many 
  houses. 
  Fort 
  Fron- 
  

   tenac 
  had 
  gone 
  to 
  decay, 
  the 
  villages 
  were 
  defenseless, 
  the 
  French 
  

   melted 
  leaden 
  gutters 
  and 
  weights 
  for 
  bullets, 
  and 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   made 
  obstinate 
  attacks. 
  Quite 
  a 
  battle 
  occurred 
  with 
  the 
  Onei- 
  

   das 
  near 
  Montreal, 
  in 
  which 
  Oreaoue', 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  chief, 
  took 
  

   part 
  on 
  the 
  French 
  side. 
  The 
  Oneidas 
  were 
  surprised 
  in 
  a 
  house, 
  

   which 
  was 
  set 
  on 
  fire, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  perished. 
  Three 
  prison- 
  

   ers 
  were 
  burned 
  by 
  French 
  farmers 
  who 
  had 
  lost 
  relatives. 
  Hos- 
  

   tilities 
  were 
  incessant. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  carried 
  off 
  some 
  Caughna- 
  

   wagas 
  and 
  attacked 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  the 
  Mountain, 
  killing 
  Tondi- 
  

   haron, 
  the 
  chief, 
  and 
  capturing 
  35 
  women 
  and 
  children. 
  That 
  

   year 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  cast 
  the 
  French 
  war 
  belt 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  

   While 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  successful, 
  the 
  western 
  Indians 
  

   harassed 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  

  

  Oreaoue' 
  was 
  now 
  zealous 
  for 
  the 
  French, 
  making 
  prisoners 
  

  

  