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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  council 
  met 
  in 
  Albany 
  June 
  13, 
  and 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  proposed 
  

   the 
  building 
  of 
  a 
  fort 
  in 
  their 
  country 
  and 
  the 
  sending 
  of 
  a 
  min- 
  

   ister 
  there. 
  The 
  Dowaganhaes 
  killed 
  some 
  Senecas 
  near 
  their 
  

   castle, 
  and 
  incursions 
  of 
  French 
  Indians 
  were 
  frequent. 
  The 
  

   French 
  should 
  prevent 
  these 
  in 
  a 
  time 
  of 
  peace. 
  One 
  important 
  

   act 
  of 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  the 
  restoration 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  of 
  land 
  

   fraudulently 
  obtained 
  from 
  them 
  by 
  Dellius. 
  

  

  In 
  1700 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  alarm 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  intended 
  a 
  general 
  

   massacre 
  in 
  the 
  English 
  colonies. 
  Bellomont 
  did 
  not 
  like 
  the 
  

   provisioning 
  of 
  Fort 
  Frontenac 
  by 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  distrusted 
  

   the 
  request 
  of 
  Father 
  Bruyas 
  to 
  go 
  among 
  them 
  and 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks. 
  He 
  favored 
  a 
  good 
  sod 
  fort 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  with 
  a 
  garri- 
  

   son 
  of 
  100 
  men. 
  It 
  would 
  cost 
  from 
  £1000 
  to 
  £1200. 
  The 
  Five 
  

   Nations 
  should 
  have 
  presents 
  costing 
  £800. 
  He 
  used 
  to 
  laugh 
  

   at 
  the 
  colonists 
  for 
  allowing 
  300 
  or 
  400 
  Indians 
  to 
  cut 
  off 
  four 
  

   or 
  five 
  times 
  their 
  number, 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  wiser 
  now, 
  knowing 
  how 
  

   they 
  fought. 
  Yet 
  their 
  own 
  losses 
  were 
  heavy. 
  Before 
  the 
  war 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  had 
  270 
  men, 
  and 
  now 
  no. 
  The 
  Oneidas 
  were 
  

   reduced 
  from 
  180 
  to 
  70, 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  from 
  500 
  to 
  250, 
  the 
  

   Cayugas 
  from 
  300 
  to 
  200, 
  the 
  Senecas 
  from 
  1300 
  to 
  600. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  these 
  figures 
  may 
  be 
  doubted. 
  

  

  Robert 
  Livingston 
  was 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  April 
  1700, 
  and 
  this 
  

   was 
  still 
  east 
  of 
  Butternut 
  creek. 
  It 
  was 
  no 
  place 
  for 
  a 
  fort, 
  

   being 
  16 
  miles 
  from 
  water 
  unless 
  they 
  went 
  to 
  Kaneenda 
  on 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  lake. 
  The 
  town 
  itself 
  must 
  soon 
  be 
  moved. 
  The 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  were 
  uneasy 
  and 
  dejected 
  about 
  the 
  French; 
  and 
  two 
  

   thirds 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  in 
  Canada, 
  kindly 
  cared 
  for 
  by 
  

   them. 
  The 
  English 
  ambassadors 
  arrived 
  at 
  Kachnawaacharege, 
  

   an 
  Onondaga 
  fishing 
  place 
  on 
  Chittenango 
  creek, 
  Ap. 
  23, 
  1700. 
  

   Thence 
  they 
  went 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  were 
  heartily 
  welcomed, 
  

   having 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  council. 
  

  

  Stories 
  of 
  poisoning 
  were 
  prevalent 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  and 
  Aqueen- 
  

   dero, 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  head 
  chief, 
  went 
  to 
  live 
  on 
  Schuyler's 
  

   estate 
  on 
  this 
  account, 
  nor 
  did 
  he 
  long 
  survive. 
  His 
  son 
  had 
  

   died 
  by 
  poison. 
  

  

  M. 
  de 
  Maricourt, 
  Father 
  Bruyas 
  and 
  eight 
  more 
  Frenchmen 
  

  

  