﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  269 
  

  

  as 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  and 
  paid 
  them 
  tribute. 
  After 
  this 
  they 
  no 
  

   longer 
  had 
  their 
  old 
  names 
  of 
  Andastes 
  or 
  Minquas. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  treaty 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  addressed 
  "Brother 
  Assarigoe, 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  the 
  governors 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  which 
  signifies 
  a 
  Simeter 
  or 
  

   Cutlas 
  which 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Lord 
  Howard, 
  anno 
  1684, 
  from 
  

   the 
  dutch 
  word 
  Hower, 
  a 
  Cutlas." 
  Hence 
  and 
  from 
  their 
  cavalry 
  

   the 
  Virginians 
  were 
  termed 
  Long 
  Knives. 
  The 
  Potomac 
  was 
  

   called 
  Kahongoronton 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  the 
  Roanoke 
  the 
  

   Konentcheneke. 
  The 
  five 
  nations 
  controlled 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  on 
  

   the 
  Susquehanna 
  were 
  the 
  Tuscaroras, 
  Conestogas, 
  Shawnees, 
  

   Oquagas, 
  who 
  were 
  partly 
  Mohawks, 
  and 
  the 
  Ostanghaes, 
  who 
  

   were 
  Delawares. 
  Some 
  southern 
  Indians 
  afterward 
  came 
  to 
  

   New 
  York. 
  

  

  This 
  Albany 
  council 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Tuscaroras 
  

   shared 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  league 
  ; 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end, 
  " 
  the 
  

   speaker 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  holding 
  up 
  the 
  coronet, 
  they 
  gave 
  

   six 
  shouts, 
  five 
  for 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  and 
  one 
  for 
  a 
  castle 
  of 
  

   Tuscaroras, 
  lately 
  seated 
  between 
  Oneida 
  and 
  Onondaga." 
  

  

  The 
  Conestogas 
  said 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  as 
  a 
  body, 
  had 
  no 
  title 
  

   to 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  lands, 
  and 
  that 
  four 
  of 
  them 
  claimed 
  none, 
  

   but 
  that 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  made 
  a 
  continual 
  claim, 
  and 
  the 
  matter 
  

   should 
  be 
  settled. 
  Some 
  Cayugas 
  went 
  to 
  Pennsylvania 
  in 
  1723 
  

   to 
  hold 
  a 
  council 
  on 
  this 
  matter, 
  but 
  this 
  had 
  usually 
  been 
  done 
  

   by 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  " 
  their 
  best 
  gentlemen." 
  The 
  Five 
  Nations 
  

   had 
  placed 
  the 
  Shawnees 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  and 
  now 
  told 
  them 
  

   they 
  did 
  not 
  well 
  to 
  settle 
  at 
  Shallyschoking. 
  

  

  Some 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  and 
  Schaghticokes 
  went 
  to 
  

   Boston 
  in 
  1723, 
  and 
  were 
  well 
  received. 
  A 
  piece 
  of 
  engraved 
  

   plate 
  was 
  given 
  each 
  one, 
  and 
  £100 
  were 
  promised 
  for 
  scalps. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  29 
  a 
  conference 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  Albany 
  with 
  80 
  Far 
  Indians 
  

   called 
  Nicariages, 
  who 
  came 
  there 
  to 
  open 
  trade. 
  They 
  spoke 
  

   by 
  their 
  chief 
  Sakena 
  and 
  desired 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  seventh 
  nation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois, 
  but 
  this 
  never 
  took 
  effect. 
  They 
  gave 
  a 
  calumet, 
  which 
  

   " 
  is 
  esteemed 
  very 
  valuable, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  greatest 
  token 
  of 
  peace 
  

   and 
  friendship." 
  Some 
  more 
  came 
  in 
  1724, 
  whom 
  the 
  French 
  

   tried 
  to 
  turn 
  aside 
  on 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  but 
  they 
  said 
  they 
  were 
  free 
  

   and 
  would 
  go 
  where 
  they 
  pleased. 
  

  

  