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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  joining 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  it 
  seemed 
  necessary 
  to 
  strike 
  that 
  

   people. 
  Frontenac 
  held 
  a 
  council 
  with 
  the 
  Ottawas 
  July 
  18, 
  

   and 
  others 
  followed. 
  They 
  had 
  made 
  peace 
  with 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  

   but 
  they 
  were 
  induced 
  to 
  break 
  this, 
  and 
  they 
  treacherously 
  

   attacked 
  and 
  defeated 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  parties. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  pris- 
  

   oners 
  were 
  Hurons, 
  but 
  the 
  French 
  no 
  longer 
  feared 
  peace 
  

   between 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  Ottawas. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  were 
  

   recalled 
  by 
  Frontenac 
  to 
  roast 
  and 
  eat 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  prisoner, 
  

   but 
  he 
  died 
  before 
  they 
  could 
  torture 
  him, 
  so 
  they 
  cut 
  off 
  his 
  

   head 
  for 
  a 
  feast 
  and 
  departed. 
  

  

  Speaking 
  of 
  some 
  depredations 
  below 
  Montreal 
  this 
  year, 
  it 
  

   was 
  said, 
  ' 
  These 
  blows 
  were 
  struck 
  by 
  some 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  

   Oneidas, 
  as 
  we 
  discover 
  by 
  their 
  tomahawks, 
  which 
  they 
  left 
  

   sticking 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  custom." 
  There 
  are 
  

   many 
  references 
  to 
  this. 
  

  

  In 
  Aquendara's 
  speech 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1695, 
  he 
  commented 
  

  

  severely 
  on 
  European 
  pretensions, 
  and 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  We, 
  warriors, 
  are 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  the 
  ancient 
  people, 
  and 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  of 
  you 
  all. 
  These 
  parts 
  and 
  countries 
  were 
  all 
  inhabited 
  

   and 
  trod 
  upon 
  by 
  us, 
  the 
  warriors, 
  before 
  any 
  Christian. 
  (Then 
  

   stamping 
  hard 
  with 
  his 
  foot 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  he 
  said) 
  We 
  shall 
  

   not 
  suffer 
  Cadaracqui 
  to 
  be 
  inhabited 
  again. 
  

  

  All 
  that 
  summer 
  700 
  men 
  were 
  repairing 
  that 
  fort, 
  preparing 
  

   for 
  the 
  coming 
  year. 
  In 
  1696 
  a 
  plan 
  to 
  attack 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  was 
  

   given 
  up, 
  the 
  snow 
  being 
  very 
  deep 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  and 
  7 
  feet 
  of 
  

   snow 
  everywhere 
  between 
  Montreal 
  and 
  the 
  fort, 
  a 
  thing 
  never 
  

   before 
  known. 
  This 
  only 
  retarded 
  hostilities. 
  The 
  great 
  war 
  

   kettle 
  was 
  set 
  over 
  by 
  Frontenac, 
  humanity 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  laid 
  aside, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  to 
  be 
  first 
  subdued 
  as 
  most 
  mutinous 
  of 
  all. 
  

  

  Just 
  before 
  this, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  sent 
  deputies 
  to 
  conclude 
  

   peace 
  with 
  the 
  five 
  Mackinaw 
  nations, 
  and 
  one 
  present 
  brought 
  

   back 
  was 
  " 
  a 
  calumet 
  of 
  red 
  stone, 
  of 
  extraordinary 
  size 
  and 
  

   beauty." 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  hunted 
  on 
  good 
  terms 
  with 
  the 
  

   Hurons 
  the 
  whole 
  winter, 
  but 
  were 
  attacked 
  by 
  French 
  Indians. 
  

   The 
  western 
  nations 
  refused 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  expedition 
  against 
  

   Onondaga. 
  

  

  In 
  June, 
  10 
  Ottawas 
  were 
  prowling 
  near 
  that 
  place, 
  but 
  made 
  

  

  