﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  24I 
  

  

  " 
  Let 
  us 
  not 
  reproach 
  one 
  another, 
  such 
  Words 
  do 
  not 
  savour 
  

   well 
  among 
  Friends." 
  Of 
  one 
  present 
  they 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  We 
  return 
  you 
  Thanks 
  for 
  the 
  Powder 
  and 
  Lead 
  given 
  us 
  ; 
  

   but 
  what 
  shall 
  we 
  do 
  without 
  Guns, 
  shall 
  w 
  r 
  e 
  throw 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  

   Enemy? 
  W 
  7 
  e 
  doubt 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  hurt 
  them 
  so. 
  Before 
  this 
  we 
  

   always 
  had 
  Guns 
  given 
  us. 
  It 
  is 
  no 
  Wonder 
  the 
  Governor 
  of 
  

   Canada 
  gains 
  upon 
  us, 
  for 
  he 
  supplies 
  his 
  Indians 
  with 
  Guns 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  Powder; 
  he 
  supplies 
  them 
  plentifully 
  with 
  every 
  Thing 
  

   that 
  can 
  hurt 
  us. 
  

  

  In 
  January 
  1693 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  625 
  men 
  left 
  Montreal 
  to 
  attack 
  the 
  

   Mohawks, 
  effecting 
  a 
  complete 
  surprise 
  and 
  bringing 
  away 
  200 
  

   prisoners, 
  most 
  of 
  whom 
  escaped 
  on 
  the 
  return 
  march. 
  Nearly 
  

   a 
  score 
  of 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  killed 
  in 
  this 
  inroad. 
  The 
  French 
  

   party 
  passed 
  Schenectady 
  Feb. 
  8, 
  and 
  the 
  alarm 
  was 
  given 
  there, 
  

   but 
  no 
  word 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawks. 
  Two 
  of 
  their 
  forts 
  were 
  

   quickly 
  taken. 
  In 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  largest 
  a 
  war 
  party 
  prepared 
  to 
  

   go 
  out 
  next 
  da}', 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  noise 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  dance 
  the 
  French 
  

   surprised 
  them 
  and 
  killed 
  many. 
  The 
  invaders 
  became 
  per- 
  

   fectly 
  destitute 
  and 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed 
  had 
  the 
  pursuit 
  

   continued. 
  In 
  this 
  retreat 
  there 
  was 
  some 
  fighting, 
  both 
  parties 
  

   making 
  rude 
  forts 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  and 
  both 
  suffering 
  for 
  lack 
  of 
  

   food. 
  Colden 
  said: 
  " 
  The 
  French 
  designed 
  to 
  have 
  put 
  them 
  all 
  

   to 
  the 
  SAVord, 
  but 
  their 
  own 
  Indians 
  would 
  not 
  suffer 
  it, 
  and 
  gave 
  

   Quarter. 
  They 
  took 
  three 
  hundred 
  Prisoners, 
  of 
  whom 
  one 
  

   hundred 
  were 
  fighting 
  Men." 
  Major 
  Schuyler 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  aid 
  

   of 
  the 
  indignant 
  Mohawks, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  prisoners 
  were 
  recov- 
  

   ered. 
  Colden 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  eat 
  the 
  Bodies 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  that 
  they 
  found. 
  

   Coll. 
  Schuyler 
  (as 
  he 
  told 
  me 
  himself) 
  going 
  among 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   at 
  that 
  Time, 
  was 
  invited 
  to 
  eat 
  Broth 
  with 
  them, 
  which 
  some 
  

   of 
  them 
  had 
  already 
  boiled, 
  which 
  he 
  did, 
  till 
  they, 
  putting 
  the 
  

   Ladle 
  into 
  the 
  Kettle 
  to 
  take 
  out 
  more, 
  brought 
  out 
  a 
  French 
  

   Man's 
  Hand, 
  which 
  put 
  an 
  end 
  to 
  his 
  Appetite. 
  

  

  He 
  elsewhere 
  speaks 
  of 
  the 
  indifference 
  as 
  to 
  food 
  : 
  

  

  A 
  Mohawk 
  Sachem 
  told 
  me 
  with 
  a 
  Kind 
  of 
  Pride, 
  that 
  a 
  Man 
  

   eats 
  every 
  Thing 
  without 
  Distinction, 
  Bears, 
  Cats, 
  Dogs, 
  Snakes, 
  

   Frogs, 
  &c, 
  intimating, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  Womanish 
  to 
  have 
  any 
  Delicacy 
  

   in 
  the 
  Choice 
  of 
  Food. 
  

  

  