﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  part 
  of 
  their 
  war 
  canoes. 
  Indians 
  from 
  Virginia 
  had 
  been 
  there 
  ; 
  

   but 
  Joncaire 
  thought 
  Schuyler 
  would 
  keep 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  from 
  

   western 
  warfare, 
  as 
  this 
  disturbed 
  his 
  fur 
  trade. 
  

  

  The 
  Senecas 
  came 
  to 
  Montreal 
  and 
  said 
  Dekanissora 
  was 
  sing- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  war 
  song. 
  Four 
  of 
  their 
  nations 
  would 
  fight, 
  but 
  they 
  

   wished 
  no 
  western 
  war, 
  as 
  they 
  always 
  suffered 
  most. 
  Several 
  

   reports 
  came 
  to 
  Montreal 
  in 
  September, 
  that 
  the 
  council 
  still 
  

   continued, 
  and 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  war 
  without 
  Seneca 
  aid. 
  French 
  

   messengers 
  went 
  to 
  Michilimackinac 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Illinois 
  and 
  

   Miamis 
  to 
  warn 
  them 
  of 
  probable 
  danger. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  Governor 
  Hunter 
  said 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  

   quiet 
  again, 
  though 
  it 
  was 
  reported 
  that 
  they 
  aided 
  the 
  Tusca- 
  

   roras. 
  A 
  good 
  fort 
  and 
  chapel 
  had 
  been 
  built 
  for 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  

   where 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  missionary 
  and 
  20 
  officers 
  and 
  men 
  and 
  he 
  hoped 
  

   much 
  from 
  this 
  prudent 
  measure. 
  

  

  The 
  peace 
  of 
  Utrecht 
  came 
  in 
  1713 
  and 
  the 
  hatchet 
  was 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  Indians. 
  Messrs 
  Hansen, 
  Bleecker 
  and 
  Clausen 
  were 
  

   sent 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  September, 
  meeting 
  Dekanissora 
  on 
  the 
  

   way, 
  who 
  returned 
  with 
  them. 
  Half 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  150 
  

   Indians 
  met 
  and 
  welcomed 
  them, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  the 
  sachems 
  

   held 
  a 
  council, 
  " 
  and 
  spoke 
  with 
  three 
  strings 
  of 
  wampum 
  in 
  

   their 
  loftiest 
  style." 
  

  

  Four 
  southern 
  Indians 
  came 
  with 
  belts, 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  were 
  

   asked 
  to 
  mediate 
  between 
  those 
  of 
  Carolina 
  and 
  the 
  Tuscaroras. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  went 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  settled 
  southward. 
  

   They 
  had 
  been 
  at 
  war, 
  were 
  dispersed, 
  had 
  left 
  their 
  castles, 
  

   and 
  asked 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  hunted 
  down. 
  In 
  a 
  sudden 
  

   outbreak 
  in 
  September 
  1711, 
  they 
  had 
  killed 
  130 
  persons 
  in 
  one 
  

   day, 
  but 
  lost 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  people 
  the 
  same 
  year. 
  The 
  

   southern 
  Indians 
  sided 
  with 
  the 
  colonists, 
  the 
  strong 
  Tuscarora 
  

   fort 
  of 
  Naharuke 
  was 
  taken 
  Mar. 
  26, 
  1713, 
  and 
  800 
  prisoners 
  

   were 
  sold 
  as 
  slaves. 
  On 
  this 
  they 
  made 
  peace, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  

   going 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  Their 
  plea 
  was 
  heeded, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  

   council 
  the 
  English 
  mounted 
  their 
  horses, 
  the 
  Indians 
  cheering 
  

   as 
  they 
  left. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  fort 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  built 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   possible. 
  

  

  