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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  them 
  as 
  their 
  Tribute." 
  That 
  year 
  the 
  governors 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  

   Pennsylvania 
  were 
  to 
  " 
  contract 
  with 
  the 
  five 
  nations 
  to 
  make 
  

   with 
  all 
  speed 
  as 
  many 
  Canoes 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  wanted 
  " 
  for 
  an 
  expe- 
  

   dition 
  against 
  Canada, 
  and 
  to 
  engage 
  as 
  many 
  warriors 
  as 
  

   possible. 
  

  

  An 
  important 
  council 
  was 
  attended 
  by 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  in 
  1709, 
  at 
  Conestoga, 
  some 
  Seneca 
  and 
  Tuscarora 
  

   chiefs 
  being 
  present. 
  The 
  Tuscaroras 
  presented 
  eight 
  belts 
  

   " 
  as 
  an 
  Introduction, 
  & 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  break 
  off 
  hostilities 
  till 
  next 
  

   Spring, 
  for 
  then 
  their 
  Kings 
  will 
  come 
  & 
  sue 
  for 
  the 
  peace 
  they 
  

   so 
  much 
  Desire." 
  They 
  were 
  told 
  they 
  could 
  come 
  and 
  would 
  

   be 
  protected 
  if 
  they 
  lived 
  peaceably. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  thanked 
  the 
  

   white 
  people 
  for 
  coming 
  and 
  said 
  the 
  belts 
  would 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   Five 
  Nations. 
  

  

  English 
  forts 
  were 
  planned 
  at 
  Lake 
  George 
  and 
  Crown 
  Point, 
  

   and 
  some 
  were 
  built 
  on 
  Wood 
  creek, 
  at 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  1600 
  men 
  

   were 
  assembled. 
  Many 
  bateaux 
  and 
  100 
  birch 
  canoes 
  were 
  

   provided, 
  but 
  on 
  a 
  French 
  advance 
  all 
  were 
  destroyed. 
  During 
  

   these 
  fruitless 
  efforts 
  New 
  York 
  employed 
  600 
  Indians 
  and 
  

   maintained 
  1000 
  of 
  their 
  wives 
  and 
  children 
  at 
  Albany. 
  

  

  •Colonel 
  Schuyler 
  had 
  found 
  England 
  indifferent 
  to 
  the 
  Indians, 
  

   and 
  now 
  took 
  some 
  River 
  Indians 
  and 
  Mohawks' 
  there 
  to 
  rouse 
  

   some 
  interest. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  successful 
  move. 
  They 
  had 
  many 
  and 
  

   great 
  attentions 
  and 
  were 
  received 
  at 
  court, 
  returning 
  home 
  in 
  

   1710. 
  With 
  them 
  Queen 
  Anne 
  sent 
  medals 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  Five 
  

   Nations 
  and 
  promised 
  better 
  things. 
  

  

  De 
  la 
  Chauvignerie 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1710 
  and 
  was 
  

   well 
  received. 
  July 
  17, 
  De 
  Longueuil 
  and 
  Joncaire 
  made 
  pro- 
  

   posals 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Oneidas, 
  threatening 
  to 
  

   destroy 
  them 
  if 
  they 
  sided 
  with 
  the 
  English. 
  This 
  led 
  the 
  for- 
  

   mer 
  to 
  ask 
  an 
  English 
  fort 
  in 
  their 
  land 
  and 
  that 
  strong 
  drink 
  

   might 
  be 
  forbidden 
  in 
  their 
  castles. 
  It 
  was 
  destroying 
  them. 
  

  

  An 
  unimportant 
  council 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  Albany; 
  but 
  Governor 
  

   Hunter 
  before 
  this 
  had 
  arrested 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  hatchet 
  against 
  the 
  

   Flatheads, 
  and 
  the 
  suspected 
  Senecas 
  had 
  renewed 
  the 
  cove- 
  

   nant, 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  Dowaganhaes, 
  or 
  Ottawas, 
  had 
  also 
  entered. 
  

  

  