﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  279 
  

  

  They 
  also 
  addressed 
  the 
  French 
  in 
  September, 
  saying 
  they 
  

   did 
  not 
  know 
  why 
  their 
  people 
  were 
  then 
  at 
  Albany. 
  They 
  

   mourned 
  Joncaire's 
  death, 
  replanting 
  the 
  tree 
  of 
  peace 
  and 
  asking 
  

   the 
  return 
  of 
  his 
  son. 
  The 
  older 
  Joncaire 
  told 
  Charlevoix 
  of 
  the 
  

   oil 
  springs 
  in 
  1721, 
  and 
  both 
  of 
  his 
  sons 
  became 
  influential 
  with 
  

   the 
  Indians. 
  They 
  also 
  wanted 
  the 
  blacksmith 
  back 
  again, 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  retained 
  the 
  whole 
  forge 
  for 
  him. 
  Laforge 
  was 
  invited 
  and 
  

   permitted 
  to 
  spend 
  a 
  year 
  with 
  his 
  friends 
  at 
  Onondaga. 
  That 
  

   year 
  the 
  famous 
  Abbe 
  Franqois 
  Picquet 
  built 
  a 
  strong 
  fort 
  at 
  

   the 
  Mission 
  of 
  the 
  Two 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  The 
  Senecas 
  sent 
  a 
  message 
  in 
  August 
  1741 
  to 
  Governor 
  de 
  

   Beauharnois, 
  whom 
  they 
  called 
  Skenon, 
  or 
  Peace, 
  saying 
  they 
  

   were 
  famished, 
  but 
  wanted 
  the 
  blacksmith 
  back, 
  should 
  any 
  of 
  

   them 
  remain 
  alive. 
  Laforge, 
  the 
  blacksmith, 
  could 
  not 
  come 
  till 
  

   the 
  next 
  year. 
  His 
  wife 
  was 
  reared 
  among 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  and 
  

   they 
  wanted 
  her 
  there. 
  In 
  fact, 
  the 
  French 
  smith 
  left 
  the 
  Sen- 
  

   ecas 
  because 
  they 
  gave 
  all 
  their 
  work 
  to 
  the 
  English 
  smith, 
  and 
  

   he 
  feared 
  dying 
  of 
  hunger, 
  not 
  earning 
  enough 
  to 
  buy 
  an 
  ear 
  of 
  

   corn. 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  Iroquois 
  wished 
  simply 
  to 
  trade 
  at 
  the 
  

   best 
  markets 
  and 
  that 
  no 
  coercion 
  should 
  be 
  used 
  either 
  at 
  

   Niagara 
  or 
  Oswego. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  Beauharnois 
  raised 
  or 
  installed 
  

   some 
  Canadian 
  Iroquois 
  chiefs. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  16 
  

  

  Land 
  bought 
  at 
  Irondequoit. 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  Catawbas 
  and 
  Cherokees 
  at 
  

   peace. 
  Canassatego 
  and 
  the 
  Delawares. 
  Zinzendorf. 
  Bartram's 
  jour- 
  

   ney. 
  Lancaster 
  council. 
  Black 
  Prince. 
  Name 
  for 
  Maryland. 
  Cataw- 
  

   bas. 
  Moravians 
  at 
  Onondaga. 
  Six 
  Nations 
  dissatisfied. 
  Scalp 
  bounties. 
  

   Colonel 
  Johnson. 
  Oquaga 
  Indians. 
  Mississagas. 
  Young 
  Indians 
  

   desire 
  war. 
  Johnson 
  at 
  Onondaga. 
  Treaties 
  at 
  Lancaster 
  and 
  Logstown. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  French 
  opposition, 
  Clarke 
  got 
  a 
  deed 
  of 
  the 
  

   land 
  at 
  Irondequoit 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  chiefs 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  those 
  

   sent 
  as 
  usual 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  their 
  country. 
  They 
  were 
  ordered 
  to 
  go 
  

   around 
  the 
  land 
  with 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  mark 
  the 
  trees, 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  

   be 
  known 
  what 
  was 
  English 
  land, 
  the 
  tract 
  being 
  30 
  miles 
  square. 
  

   The 
  deed 
  was 
  signed 
  by 
  three 
  Seneca 
  sachems, 
  the 
  consideration 
  

   being 
  £100 
  and 
  " 
  sundry 
  good 
  causes." 
  

  

  