﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  25 
  1 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  something 
  flattering 
  for 
  these 
  Indians 
  to 
  see 
  themselves 
  

   thus 
  sought 
  by 
  two 
  powers, 
  either 
  of 
  which 
  could 
  have 
  destroyed 
  

   them 
  in 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  campaign, 
  and 
  whose 
  mutual 
  jealousies 
  

   they 
  had 
  contrived 
  to 
  work 
  upon 
  so 
  skilfully 
  as 
  to 
  inspire 
  fear, 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  sort 
  respect 
  from 
  both. 
  

  

  Both 
  French 
  and 
  English 
  now 
  found 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  have 
  

  

  agents 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  Bellomont 
  urged 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  forts 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  country, 
  the 
  need 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  saw. 
  Count 
  

  

  Frontenac 
  planned 
  a 
  second 
  invasion 
  of 
  Onondaga, 
  but 
  gave 
  it 
  

  

  up 
  and 
  died 
  late 
  in 
  1698. 
  

  

  Dekanissora's 
  proposal 
  to 
  treat 
  directly 
  with 
  the 
  French 
  on 
  

   the 
  exchange 
  of 
  prisoners 
  greatly 
  alarmed 
  the 
  English, 
  who 
  

   described 
  him 
  as 
  " 
  a 
  brave 
  fighting 
  fellow, 
  that 
  has 
  done 
  the 
  

   French 
  much 
  mischief, 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  mightily 
  endeavored 
  to 
  

   debauch 
  him 
  from 
  us, 
  but 
  in 
  vain." 
  The 
  Canadian 
  Iroquois 
  

   now 
  took 
  part, 
  sending 
  two 
  belts 
  to 
  the 
  four 
  nations 
  to 
  tell 
  them 
  

   it 
  was 
  the 
  last 
  time 
  they 
  were 
  bid 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  Canada 
  to 
  treat, 
  

   and 
  they 
  were 
  worse 
  than 
  beasts. 
  The 
  Onondagas, 
  as 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  sufferers, 
  with 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  and 
  Cayugas, 
  thought 
  best 
  to 
  

   send 
  three 
  messengers, 
  and 
  Bellomont 
  tried 
  to 
  stop 
  these 
  till 
  

   Schuyler 
  could 
  see 
  them. 
  Col. 
  Peter 
  Schuyler, 
  Dirck 
  Wessel 
  

   and 
  Hendrick 
  Hansen 
  formed 
  the 
  embassy; 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  resolved 
  

   that 
  Johannes 
  Glen 
  jr 
  and 
  John 
  Baptist 
  Van 
  Epps, 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   preter, 
  should 
  reside 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  for 
  a 
  time. 
  The 
  latter 
  two 
  

   went 
  at 
  once. 
  

  

  The 
  Iroquois 
  embassy 
  reached 
  Onondaga 
  Mar. 
  21, 
  1699, 
  on 
  

   their 
  return 
  from 
  Canada, 
  bringing 
  five 
  belts 
  and 
  an 
  offer 
  to 
  

   exchange 
  prisoners. 
  On 
  this 
  a 
  council 
  was 
  called 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  

   to 
  meet 
  in 
  25 
  days. 
  In 
  such 
  calls 
  tally-sticks 
  are 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   wampum, 
  a 
  notch 
  being 
  removed 
  every 
  day. 
  

  

  Capt. 
  John 
  Schuyler, 
  Capt. 
  John 
  Bleecker, 
  John 
  Baptist 
  Van 
  

   Epps 
  and 
  Arnout 
  Cornelisse 
  Viele 
  set 
  out 
  for 
  Onondaga 
  Ap. 
  

   21, 
  1699, 
  reaching 
  there 
  Ap. 
  28, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  two 
  remaining 
  for 
  

   some 
  time. 
  At 
  the 
  council 
  the 
  young 
  Indians 
  kicked 
  the 
  French 
  

   belts 
  to 
  a 
  sachem, 
  and 
  the 
  council 
  accepted 
  the 
  English 
  proposals 
  

   and 
  would 
  come 
  to 
  Albany. 
  The 
  French 
  had 
  released 
  all 
  the 
  

   Onondagas. 
  

  

  