﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  283 
  

  

  War 
  was 
  declared 
  in 
  1744, 
  and 
  Virginia 
  and 
  Maryland 
  were 
  

   therefore 
  very 
  conciliatory, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  Lancaster 
  council 
  was 
  a 
  

   great 
  occasion. 
  Witham 
  Marshe 
  gave 
  a 
  full 
  and 
  picturesque 
  

   account. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  party 
  numbered 
  252, 
  Canassatego 
  march- 
  

   ing 
  at 
  the 
  head. 
  

  

  They 
  placed 
  their 
  cabins 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  rank 
  each 
  nation 
  

   of 
  them 
  holds 
  in 
  their 
  grand 
  council. 
  The 
  Onondagoes 
  nation 
  

   was 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  and 
  upper 
  end, 
  then 
  the 
  others 
  

   according 
  to 
  their 
  several 
  dignities. 
  

  

  Madame 
  Montour 
  was 
  there, 
  and 
  Marshe 
  gave 
  good 
  descrip- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  Canassatego 
  and 
  the 
  Black 
  Prince: 
  

  

  Canassatego 
  was 
  a 
  tall, 
  well-made 
  man 
  ; 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  full 
  chest, 
  

   and 
  brawny 
  limbs. 
  He 
  had 
  a 
  manly 
  countenance, 
  mixt 
  with 
  a 
  

   good-natured 
  smile. 
  He 
  was 
  about 
  60 
  years 
  of 
  age 
  ; 
  very 
  active, 
  

   strong, 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  surprising 
  liveliness 
  in 
  his 
  speech, 
  which 
  I 
  

   observed 
  in 
  the 
  discourse 
  between 
  him, 
  Mr 
  Weiser 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  sachems. 
  Tachanuntie, 
  another 
  sachem, 
  a 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   nation, 
  was 
  a 
  tall, 
  thin 
  man 
  ; 
  old, 
  and 
  not 
  so 
  well 
  featured 
  as 
  

   Canassatego. 
  I 
  believe 
  he 
  may 
  be 
  near 
  the 
  same 
  age 
  with 
  him. 
  

   He 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  warriors 
  that 
  ever 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  

   produced, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  great 
  war-captain 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  past. 
  

   He 
  is 
  also 
  called 
  the 
  Black 
  Prince. 
  

  

  By 
  invitation 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  commissioner, 
  24 
  chiefs 
  dined 
  

   with 
  the 
  principal 
  white 
  men 
  present, 
  occupying 
  two 
  tables 
  out 
  

   of 
  five. 
  " 
  They 
  fed 
  lustily, 
  drank 
  heartily, 
  and 
  were 
  very 
  greasy 
  

   before 
  they 
  finished 
  their 
  dinner, 
  for, 
  by 
  the 
  bye, 
  they 
  made 
  no 
  

   use 
  of 
  their 
  forks." 
  

  

  The 
  Cayuga 
  chief, 
  Gachradodon, 
  gave 
  a 
  new 
  name 
  to 
  Mary- 
  

   land, 
  which 
  was 
  Tocaryhogon, 
  Occupying 
  the 
  Middle 
  or 
  Honor- 
  

   able 
  Place. 
  He 
  was 
  praised 
  by 
  the 
  governor, 
  who 
  said 
  he 
  would 
  

   have 
  made 
  a 
  good 
  figure 
  in 
  the 
  forum 
  of 
  ancient 
  Rome, 
  and 
  a 
  

   commissioner 
  declared 
  he 
  never 
  had 
  seen 
  so 
  just 
  an 
  action 
  in 
  the 
  

   great 
  orators 
  he 
  had 
  heard. 
  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  good 
  cheer, 
  

   when 
  it 
  came 
  to 
  signing 
  the 
  treaty, 
  they 
  " 
  were 
  obliged 
  to 
  put 
  

   about 
  the 
  glass 
  pretty 
  briskly," 
  nor 
  did 
  all 
  sign 
  at 
  once. 
  Their 
  

   right 
  to 
  the 
  Virginia 
  lands 
  being 
  challenged, 
  Tochanuntie 
  

   answered 
  : 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  the 
  Right 
  of 
  Conquest 
  — 
  a 
  Right 
  too 
  dearly 
  Purchas'd, 
  

   and 
  which 
  cost 
  us 
  too 
  much 
  Blood 
  to 
  give 
  up 
  without 
  any 
  Reason 
  

  

  