﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  De 
  Longueuil, 
  Joncaire 
  and 
  others 
  were 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  April 
  

   171 
  1, 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  trading 
  house, 
  bringing 
  with 
  them 
  £600 
  in 
  pres- 
  

   ents, 
  mostly 
  ammunition. 
  Colonel 
  Schuyler 
  was 
  sent 
  there 
  at 
  

   once 
  with 
  six 
  men. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  had 
  given 
  the 
  French 
  a 
  

   lot 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  their 
  castle, 
  and 
  'they 
  began 
  work 
  April 
  19. 
  

   Schuyler 
  reached 
  there 
  May 
  17; 
  but 
  De 
  Longueuil 
  had 
  stopped 
  

   work 
  and 
  gone 
  to 
  Kaneenda, 
  at 
  the 
  lake. 
  A 
  council 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  

   once, 
  and 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  said 
  the 
  Minquas 
  or 
  Conestogas 
  

   reported 
  that 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  English 
  had 
  agreed 
  to 
  destroy 
  

   them 
  and 
  take 
  their 
  land. 
  The 
  French 
  said 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  but 
  

   the 
  English 
  would, 
  and 
  advised 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  neutral 
  and 
  send 
  

   messengers 
  to 
  Canada. 
  Schuyler 
  denied 
  the 
  story 
  and 
  gave 
  

   them 
  the 
  British 
  arms 
  to 
  set 
  up, 
  sending 
  these 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  Cay- 
  

   ugas 
  and 
  Senecas. 
  

  

  De 
  Longueuil 
  had 
  24 
  Frenchmen, 
  with 
  their 
  officers, 
  and 
  had 
  

   left 
  the 
  unfinished 
  blockhouse 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  a 
  chief 
  who 
  was 
  sent 
  

   for. 
  It 
  was 
  2^-/2 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  18 
  feet 
  wide, 
  covered 
  with 
  boards 
  

   and 
  nailed. 
  The 
  Indians 
  said 
  Schuyler 
  might 
  leave 
  or 
  destroy 
  

   the 
  house, 
  but 
  they 
  would 
  first 
  send 
  word 
  to 
  the 
  French 
  at 
  

   Kaneenda. 
  He 
  destroyed 
  this 
  and 
  some 
  lumber 
  sawed 
  for 
  a 
  

   chapel, 
  which 
  ended 
  the 
  trouble 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  

  

  In 
  August 
  some 
  Hurons 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  to 
  know 
  who 
  

   had 
  killed 
  their 
  men. 
  The 
  Senecas 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  not, 
  but 
  the 
  

   others 
  justified 
  the 
  killing, 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  Hurons 
  said 
  they 
  would 
  

   fight. 
  On 
  the 
  24th 
  500 
  Iroquois 
  came 
  to 
  Albany 
  and 
  reported 
  

   more 
  coming. 
  Marching 
  down 
  the 
  hill, 
  they 
  were 
  saluted 
  with 
  

   five 
  guns 
  as 
  they 
  passed 
  the 
  fort. 
  The 
  French 
  paid 
  them 
  similar 
  

   honors. 
  In 
  the 
  council 
  each 
  nation 
  sat 
  by 
  itself, 
  and 
  all 
  agreed 
  

   to 
  help 
  the 
  colonists, 
  being 
  ready 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  troops 
  who 
  had 
  

   already 
  marched. 
  Ammunition 
  was 
  freely 
  supplied. 
  Out 
  of 
  

   682 
  Indians 
  going 
  to 
  war 
  26 
  were 
  Shawnees. 
  

  

  Dekanissora 
  was 
  speaker, 
  and 
  they 
  wished 
  the 
  Praying 
  Indians 
  

   might 
  be 
  neutral. 
  They 
  would 
  treat 
  prisoners 
  as 
  Christians 
  did 
  

   and 
  asked 
  instructions. 
  Lieutenant 
  Governor 
  Nanfan 
  gave 
  each 
  

   nation 
  pictures 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  Indians 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  England. 
  

   Queen 
  Anne 
  had 
  ordered 
  forts 
  to 
  be 
  built 
  and 
  missionaries 
  sent, 
  

  

  