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The Iroquois and English Form an Alliance |
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A Speech of the Onondagas & Cajouga Sachems |
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“You must Protect us against the French, which if you don’t we shall loose all our Hunting & Bevers” |
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1684 |
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You are a Mighty Sachem & we but a Small People. When the English first came to New York to Virginia & Maryland, they were but a small People & we a large Nation; & we finding they were good People gave them Land & dealt Civilly by them; Now that you are grown Numerous & we decreased, you must Protect us against the French, which if you don’t we shall loose all our Hunting & Bevers. The French want all the Beavers & are angry that we bring any to the English.
Source: Charles H. McIlain, ed., Waraxall's Abridgement of New York Indian Affairs, 1678-1751 (Cambridge, Mass., 1915), 10-17. |
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