﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  fit 
  to 
  travail." 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  important 
  business 
  beyond 
  a 
  rela- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  what 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  had 
  done. 
  News 
  came 
  that 
  the 
  Shaw- 
  

   nees 
  and 
  others 
  were 
  coming 
  for 
  a 
  treaty, 
  but 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  appear. 
  

   Dekanissora 
  was 
  speaker 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  and 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  after. 
  

   Two 
  Onondagas 
  went 
  to 
  Montreal 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  Iroquois 
  deputies 
  

   would 
  be 
  well 
  received, 
  but 
  these 
  did 
  not 
  follow 
  at 
  once. 
  The 
  

   two 
  were 
  Torskin, 
  nephew 
  of 
  Hotreouate', 
  and 
  a 
  son 
  of 
  Garioye', 
  

   an 
  Iroquois 
  of 
  the 
  Sault. 
  Dekanissora 
  and 
  two 
  chiefs 
  of 
  each 
  

   nation 
  came 
  to 
  Quebec 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  were 
  well 
  received. 
  They 
  

   proposed 
  peace. 
  Frontenac 
  had 
  publicly 
  kicked 
  away 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  belts 
  before, 
  but 
  was 
  more 
  gracious 
  in 
  private 
  and 
  after- 
  

   ward. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  speaker 
  was 
  a 
  favorite, 
  and 
  his 
  speech 
  

   was 
  recorded, 
  with 
  the 
  summing 
  up 
  already 
  given. 
  They 
  

   returned 
  home 
  in 
  June 
  but 
  were 
  recalled. 
  

  

  All 
  were 
  every 
  Day, 
  while 
  they 
  staid 
  in 
  the 
  Place, 
  entertained 
  

   at 
  the 
  Governor's 
  Table, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  Tables 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  Officers. 
  Decanesora 
  on 
  his 
  Side 
  made 
  a 
  good 
  Appearance, 
  

   being 
  cloathed 
  in 
  Scarlet, 
  trim'd 
  with 
  Gold, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  laced 
  Bever 
  

   Hat 
  on 
  his 
  Head, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  given 
  him 
  by 
  Colonel 
  Fletcher. 
  

  

  Colden 
  notes 
  also 
  that 
  he 
  spoke 
  to 
  the 
  Praying 
  Indians 
  of 
  

   Canada, 
  called 
  Jernaistes 
  : 
  " 
  First 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  Cahnawaga, 
  

   (chiefly 
  Mohawks) 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  then 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  castle 
  called 
  

   Canassadaga, 
  (chiefly 
  Onondagas)." 
  

  

  Fort 
  Frontenac 
  was 
  now 
  restored, 
  though 
  the 
  place 
  was 
  

   unhealthy, 
  87 
  out 
  of 
  100 
  men 
  having 
  died 
  there 
  in 
  a 
  year. 
  In 
  

   October 
  Father 
  Milet 
  was 
  released, 
  but 
  some 
  Oneida 
  deputies 
  

   who 
  followed 
  were 
  not 
  well 
  received. 
  Oreaoue' 
  brought 
  some 
  

   friendly 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  Seneca 
  chiefs 
  there 
  and 
  did 
  wonders 
  for 
  

   the 
  French, 
  both 
  in 
  peace 
  and 
  war. 
  

  

  All 
  these 
  things 
  alarmed 
  the 
  English. 
  Governor 
  Fletcher 
  

   wrote 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  colonies, 
  telling 
  them 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  safety 
  

   but 
  in 
  united 
  effort 
  and 
  calling 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Albany 
  in 
  August, 
  

   in 
  which 
  Colden 
  says 
  New 
  York, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  Connecticut 
  and 
  

   Massachusetts 
  were 
  represented. 
  According 
  to 
  him, 
  Dekanissora 
  

   sang 
  a 
  song 
  of 
  peace 
  at 
  the 
  opening, 
  and 
  Rode 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  

   Sadakanahtie 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  spoke. 
  

  

  