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  54 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  His 
  party 
  came 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  Sep. 
  26, 
  by 
  the 
  old 
  trail 
  over 
  the 
  

   hills, 
  and 
  on 
  horseback, 
  and 
  visited 
  Onondaga 
  lake 
  and 
  Seneca 
  

   river. 
  Three 
  River 
  Point 
  did 
  not 
  suit 
  him 
  for 
  a 
  fort, 
  a 
  sound 
  

   conclusion. 
  On 
  a 
  high 
  bank 
  on 
  Chittenango 
  creek 
  he 
  found 
  a 
  

   good 
  site, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  used 
  at 
  a 
  later 
  day. 
  His 
  reception 
  at 
  

   Onondaga 
  was 
  not 
  cordial; 
  for 
  the 
  Albany 
  people 
  had 
  made 
  

   ready 
  for 
  his 
  coming. 
  In 
  preparation 
  for 
  the 
  fort, 
  £500 
  were 
  

   sent 
  from 
  England, 
  as 
  much 
  more 
  raised 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  arms 
  

   and 
  tools 
  were 
  provided, 
  but 
  the 
  fort 
  was 
  not 
  built. 
  

  

  The 
  coming 
  of 
  Maricourt, 
  Bruyas 
  and 
  Joncaire 
  was 
  occa- 
  

   sioned 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  embassy 
  to 
  Canada 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  year. 
  

   They 
  then 
  condoled 
  Frontenac's 
  death 
  and 
  asked 
  that 
  Lamber- 
  

   ville 
  and 
  Bruyas 
  might 
  return 
  to 
  them. 
  Peace 
  was 
  arranged 
  

   and 
  a 
  treaty 
  signed 
  at 
  Montreal 
  Sep. 
  8. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  prelim- 
  

   inary 
  conference 
  at 
  Montreal 
  July 
  18 
  with 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  

   Senecas, 
  and 
  on 
  Sep. 
  3 
  the 
  19 
  Iroquois 
  deputies 
  brought 
  back 
  13 
  

   French 
  prisoners. 
  At 
  Onondaga 
  Bruyas 
  had 
  profited 
  by 
  the 
  

   tone 
  of 
  Bellomont's 
  message, 
  and 
  Joncaire 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  

   who 
  liberated 
  all 
  their 
  prisoners. 
  Some 
  would 
  not 
  return 
  and 
  

   but 
  10 
  came 
  back. 
  

  

  The 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  hardly 
  returned 
  from 
  this 
  peace 
  conference 
  

  

  before 
  word 
  came 
  that 
  the 
  Ottawas 
  had 
  attacked 
  their 
  hunters, 
  

  

  killing 
  some 
  and 
  capturing 
  others. 
  At 
  this 
  council 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

  

  were 
  so 
  well 
  received 
  that 
  the 
  Hurons 
  said 
  " 
  that 
  fear 
  made 
  the 
  

  

  French 
  show 
  more 
  respect 
  to 
  their 
  enemies 
  than 
  love 
  did 
  to 
  their 
  

  

  friends." 
  There 
  was 
  reason 
  for 
  this, 
  and 
  Bellomont 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  pretend 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  demonstrate 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  

   should 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Indians, 
  and 
  

   those 
  that 
  live 
  within 
  these 
  plantations, 
  revolt 
  from 
  the 
  English 
  

   to 
  the 
  French, 
  they 
  would 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  drive 
  us 
  out 
  of 
  this 
  

   Continent. 
  

  

  Their 
  mode 
  of 
  warfare 
  made 
  them 
  powerful, 
  but 
  he 
  had 
  trials 
  

  

  in 
  meeting 
  them. 
  Of 
  a 
  council 
  in 
  Albany 
  he 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  the 
  greatest 
  fatigue 
  I 
  ever 
  underwent 
  in 
  my 
  whole 
  life. 
  

   I 
  was 
  shut 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  close 
  chamber 
  with 
  50 
  Sachems, 
  who 
  besides 
  

   the 
  stink 
  of 
  bears' 
  grease, 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  plentifully 
  dawb'd 
  

   themselves, 
  were 
  either 
  smoaking 
  tobacco 
  or 
  drinking 
  drams 
  

   of 
  rum. 
  

  

  