eaft end of the Court-yard, and the Indians threw the Earth upon them. After which my Lord told them, That fince now a firm Peace was concluded, We shall hereafter remain Friends, and Virginia and Maryland will fend once in two or three years to Renew it, and fome of Our Indian Sachems fhall come, according to your defire, to Confirm it.

Last of all, the Oneydoes, Onnondagas and Cayugas, joyntly, fang the Peace Song, with Demonftrations of much Joy; and Thank'd the Governor of New-York for his effectual Mediation with the Governor of Virginia, in their favour.

The Mohawks by themselves, and the other three Nations by themselves, fpoke to the Governor of New-York, much to the fame purpose that they did to the Governor of Virginia, fo far as it related to the Affair of Virginia, but with some particular Marks of Personal Esteem; for he had won their Affections by his former carriage towards them. And they defired the Duke of York's Arms to put upon their Caftles. Which, we may fuppofe, they were told, would fave them from the French.

Coll. Dongan defired them to call home those

of

of their Nations that had settled in Canada. (q) To which they anfwered, Corlaer keeps a 'Correfpondence with Canada, and therefore 'he can prevail more than we can. Let Corlaer 'ufe his endeavours to draw our Indians home 'to their own Country. And gave a Bever.

At the fame Time, the Government of the the Maffachufets-Bay had appointed Coll. Stephanus Cortlandt, one of the Council of NewYork, their Agent, to Renew their Covenant with the Five Nations, and to give them fome fmall Prefents: Which was accordingly done.

The Governor of New-York, Coll. Dongan, concluded all, with this Advice to them, Keep a good Understanding among your Selves: If any Difference should happen, acquaint me with it, and I will compofe it. Make no Covenant or Agreement

with

(9) The French Priests had (from time to time) perfwaded feveral of the Five Nations to leave their own Country, and to fettle near Montreal, where the French are very induftious in encouraging them. Their Numbers have been likewise encreased by the Prisoners the French have taken in War, and by others who have run from their own Country, because of some Mischief that they had done, or Debts which they ow'd to the Chriftians. These Indians all profefs Christianity, and therefore are commonly call'd The Praying Indians by their Country-men, and they are called Cabnuagas by the People of Albany."

with the French, or any other Nation, without my Knowledge or Approbation. Then he gave the Dukes Arms, to be put upon each of their Caftles, in hopes it might deter the French from attacking them (as they were threaten'd from Canada) after they had fo manifeftly declared themselves to be under the Protection of the Crown of England.

Before I proceed further it will be neceffary to incert a Remarkable Speech made by the Onnondagas and Cayugas, to the two Governors, on the 2d day of August, viz.

Brother Corlaer ;

"Your

Our Sachem is a great Sachem, and We are but a small People. But when the English came first to Manhatan, (r) Aragiske, () and to Yakokranagary, (t) they were "then but a Small People, and we Great. "Then, because we found you a good People, "we treated you civilly, and gave you Land. "We hope therefore, now that you are Great "and we Small, you will protect us from the "French. If you do not, we shall loose all our Hunting, and our Bevers. The French

(r) New-York.

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Virginia. (t) Maryland.

Chap. III. "will get all the Bever. They are now angry "with us, because we carry our Bever to our "Brethren.

"We have put our Lands and our Selves "under the Protection of the great Duke of "York, the Brother of your great Sachem, who "is likewife a great Sachem.

"We have given the Sufquebana River, "which We won with the Sword, to this Government, and we defire that it may be "a Branch of the great Tree that grows in "this Place, the top of which reaches the "Sun, and its Branches fhelter us from the

French, and all other Nations. Our Fire "burns in your Houses, and your Fire burns "with us. We defire that it may always be

"fo.

"We will not that any of the great Penn's People fettle upon the Sufquehana River; for "we have no other Land to leave to our Chil"dren.

"Our young People are Soldiers, and when they are disobliged they are like Wolves in "the Woods, as you Sachem of Virginia very 'well know.

"We have put our Selves under the great "Sachem Charles, that lives on the other fide "of the great Lake. We give you these two "White dreft Deer-Skins to be fent to the

great Sachem, that he may write on them,

"and

"and put a great Red Seal to them, to Confirm "what We now do, and put the Susquehana "River above the Wafubta (u) and all the rest "of our Land under the great Duke of York, "and give that Land to no body else. Our "Brethren, his People, have been like Fathers. "to our Wives and Children, and have given

us Bread, when we were in need of it: "We will not therefore joyn our felves or "our Lands to any other Government but "this. We defire Colaer, our Governor, "may fend over this Propofition to the great Sachem, Charles, who dwells on the other "fide thegreat Lake, with this Belt of Wampum, and this other smaller Belt to the Duke of York, his Brother; And we give you, Corlaer, this Beaver, to fend over this Pro"pofition.

"You great Man of Virginia, We let you "know, that great Penn did speak to us here "in Corlaers House, by his Agents, and de"fired to buy the Susquehana River of us, but "we would not hearken to him; for we "had faften'd it to this Government. We "defire of you therefore, that you would "bear Witness of what we now do, and that we now Confirm what we have done be"fore. Let

Let your Friend, the
Friend, the great Sachem

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