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  YORK 
  STATE 
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  and 
  had 
  furnished 
  silver 
  communion 
  sets 
  for 
  the 
  Indians, 
  one 
  

   being 
  now 
  in 
  Canada 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  Albany. 
  Contracts 
  were 
  

   made 
  for 
  building 
  forts 
  and 
  chapels 
  in 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  country, 
  to 
  be 
  finished 
  in 
  1713. 
  The 
  fort 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  was 
  

   to 
  be 
  near 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  water, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  built, 
  nor 
  was 
  their 
  

   chapel, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  articles 
  intended 
  for 
  it 
  always 
  remained 
  at 
  Albany. 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  wished 
  that 
  the 
  war 
  kettle 
  might 
  continue 
  to 
  boil, 
  

   i. 
  e. 
  the 
  war 
  continue. 
  Dekanissora 
  said 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  fight 
  like 
  

   the 
  whites. 
  " 
  When 
  we 
  have 
  war 
  against 
  any 
  nation, 
  Wee 
  

   endeavor 
  to 
  destroy 
  them 
  utterly." 
  The 
  queen's 
  arms 
  in 
  their 
  

   castles 
  would 
  not 
  defend 
  them, 
  they 
  wanted 
  powder 
  and 
  ball. 
  

   Two 
  Onondagas 
  visited 
  Canada; 
  and 
  Governor 
  Vaudreuil 
  sent 
  

   word 
  by 
  them 
  that 
  he 
  must 
  now 
  make 
  prisoners. 
  The 
  Canadian 
  

   Indians 
  took 
  the 
  French 
  hatchet 
  gladly, 
  and 
  the 
  western 
  tribes 
  

   with 
  some 
  hesitation. 
  

  

  The 
  Delawares 
  carried 
  32 
  belts 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  as 
  their 
  tribute 
  

   in 
  1712, 
  and 
  had 
  with 
  them 
  a 
  large 
  calumet, 
  given 
  them 
  " 
  upon 
  

   making 
  their 
  submissions 
  to 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  who 
  had 
  subdued 
  

   them 
  and 
  obliged 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  their 
  tributaries." 
  They 
  said 
  some 
  

   of 
  them 
  were 
  infants 
  when 
  this 
  occurred, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  could 
  hardly 
  

   have 
  been 
  earlier 
  than 
  1650. 
  After 
  a 
  kind 
  reception 
  some 
  Sen- 
  

   ecas 
  returned 
  with 
  them, 
  bringing 
  belts 
  to 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  and 
  asking 
  friendship 
  and 
  open 
  trade. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  

   the 
  Conestogas 
  were 
  .at 
  war 
  with 
  the 
  Tuscaroras 
  and 
  other 
  

   southern 
  Indians, 
  having 
  taken 
  the 
  English 
  side. 
  

  

  The 
  Senecas 
  were 
  under 
  French 
  influence. 
  As 
  they 
  went 
  to 
  

   Montreal 
  that 
  year, 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  stopped 
  them, 
  inviting 
  them 
  

   to 
  a 
  general 
  Iroquois 
  council 
  at 
  Fort 
  Frontenac. 
  This 
  proposal 
  

   troubled 
  the 
  French; 
  for 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  usual 
  to 
  treat 
  there. 
  Jon- 
  

   caire 
  was 
  at 
  Onondaga; 
  but 
  Vaudreuil 
  sent 
  Longueuil 
  and 
  Chau- 
  

   vignerie 
  there, 
  as 
  Peter 
  Schuyler 
  had 
  been 
  there 
  twice 
  and 
  had 
  

   brought 
  Madame 
  Montour 
  and 
  her 
  husband, 
  to 
  remove 
  jeal- 
  

   ousies 
  created 
  by 
  the 
  French. 
  Before 
  the 
  Montours 
  arrived 
  in 
  

   August, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  had 
  gone 
  to 
  Albany, 
  and 
  in 
  spite 
  

   of 
  the 
  rest 
  the 
  Senecas 
  would 
  go 
  to 
  Montreal. 
  The 
  other 
  four 
  

   nations 
  continued 
  their 
  meetings 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  had 
  made 
  

  

  