N.B. The Tuscaroras are now reckon'd a sixth Nation, & live between the Onondagues & Oneidas; & the Necariages of Misilimakinac were received to be the seventh Nation at Albany, May 30.th 1723; at their own desire, 80 Men of that Nation being present besides Women & children. The chief Trade with the far Indians is at the Onondagues rivers mouth where they must all pass to go towards Canada.

THE

OF THE

FIVE Indian NATIONS

OF

Which are dependent

On the Province of New-York in America,

AND

Are the Barrier between the English and French in that Part of the World.

WITH

Accounts of their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, and Forms of Government; their several Battles and Treaties with the European Nations; particular Relations of their several Wars with the other Indians; and a true Account of the present State of our Trade with them.

L O N D O N:

Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn. MDCCXLVII.

TO THE HONOURABLE

G E N E R A L

THE

TO THE

F i r s t  P a r t.

A

OF

THE

PART I.  CHAP. I.

CHAP. II.

CHAP. III.

CHAP. IV.

CHAP. V.

CHAP. VI.

PART II. CHAP. I.

CHAP. II.

CHAP. III.

CHAP. IV.

CHAP. V.

CHAP. VI.

CHAP. VII.

CHAP. VIII.

CHAP. IX.

CHAP. X.

CHAP. XI.

CHAP. XII.

CHAP. XIII.

THE

BEING

A short View of the Form of Government of the Five Nations, and of their Laws, Customs, &c.

THE

OF THE

Five INDIAN Nations,

DEPENDING

On the Province of NEW-YORK.

PART I.

The History of the Five Nations, from the Time the Christians first knew any Thing of them, to that of the Revolution in Great-Britain.

CHAP. I.

Of the Wars of the Five Nations with the Adirondacks and Quatoghies.

CHAP. II.

The Wars and Treaties of Peace of the Indians of the Five Nations with the French, from 1665 to 1683, and their Affairs with New-York in that Time.

CHAP. III.

Of the Transactions of the Indians of the Five Nations with the neighbouring English Colonies.

Proposals made by the Right Honourable Francis Lord Howard of Effingham, Governor-general of his Majesty's Dominion of Virginia.

The Mohawks, Oneydoes, Onnondagas, and Cayugas.

CHAP. IV.

Mr. De la Barre's Expedition, and some remarkable Transactions in 1684.

CHAP. V.

The English attempt to trade in the Lakes, and the French attack the Senekas.

CHAP. VI.

Colonel Dongan's Advice to the Indians. Adario's Enterprize, and Montreal sacked by the Five Nations.

THE

OF THE

FIVE Indian NATIONS

DEPENDENT

On the Province of NEW-YORK.

PART II.

THE

To the Second Part.

THE

OF THE

Five INDIAN Nations,

DEPENDING

On the Province of NEW-YORK.

PART II.

The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, from the Time of the Revolution to the Peace of Reswick.

CHAP. I.

The State of Affairs in New-York and Canada, at the Time of the Revolution in Great-Britain.

CHAP. II.

A Treaty between the Agents of Massachuset's Bay, New-Plymouth, and Connecticut, and the Sachems of the Five Nations, at Albany, in the Year 1689.

CHAP. III.

An Account of a general Council of the Five Nations at Onondaga, to consider the Count De Frontenac's Message.

CHAP. IV.

The French surprise Schenectady. The Mohawks Speech of Condoleance on that Occasion.

CHAP. V.

The Five Nations continue the War with the French; the Mohawks incline to Peace; their Conferences with the Governor of New-York.

CHAP. VI.

The English attack Montreal by Land, in Conjunction with the Indians, and Quebeck by Sea.

CHAP. VII.

The French and the Five Nations continue the War all Winter with various Success. The French burn a Captain of the Five Nations alive.

CHAP. VIII.

The Five Nations treat with Captain Ingoldsby.

CHAP. IX.

The French surprise and take three Mohawk Castles.

CHAP. X.

The Treaties and Negotiations the Five Nations had with the English and French, in the Years 1693 and 1694.

First Belt.

Second Belt.

Third Belt.

CHAP. XI.

The War renewed. The French repossess themselves of Cadarackui Fort, and find Means to break off the Treaty between the Five Nations and Dionondadies.

CHAP. XII.

The Count de Frontenac attacks Onondaga in Person, with the whole Force of Canada. The Five Nations continue the War with the French, and make Peace with the Dionondadies.

CHAP. XIII.

The Conduct which the English and French observed, in regard to the Five Nations, immediately after the Peace of Reswick.

The End of the Second Part.

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