"Thoughts from your Heart, to purge it and make it clean, and restore it to its former State. i "Onondio, we will not permit any Settlement at Cadarackui; you have had your Fire there thrice "extinguished; we will not consent to your rebuilding that Fort, but the Paffage through the River shall be free and clear. We make the Sun clean, and drive away all Clouds and Darknefs, that we may fee the Light without Inter"ruption.

"Onondio, we have taken many Prisoners from "one another, during the War. The Prisoners we took have been delivered, according to our Cuftom, to the Families that have loft any in the War, they no longer belong to the Publick, they may give them back if they please, your "People may do the fame. We have brought "back two Prifoners, and reftore them to you.

"After I had finished what I had to fay, contitinued he, the Governor of Canada told me, that he would not make Peace with Cayenguirago. To this I anfwered, thefe Words difpleafe me much, you fhall keep Peace with him. Onondio faid again, I must fight with Cay"enguirago, it is not in my Power to make Peace; "this can only be done by my Master, who

lives over the great Water. To this I replied, "I cannot bear this Difcourfe ; if you fhould "fight him now, and not ftay till I get Home, "all the Country will look on me as a Traitor

I can treat with you no longer. The Argu

ment on this Subject lafted three Days, at last "the Governor of Canada affured me, that he "would not undertake any Enterprize against Cay"enguirago this Summer, but would wait to hear what he would say.

"The Governor of Canada infifted three Days "to have Hoftages left, which I refufed; but two "agreeing

agreeing of their own accord to stay, they were left, viz. one an Onondago, another a Seneka. "Then the Governor of Canada made the following publick Answer:

"I. I accept of Peace as you offer.

"II. Son, bring all the Prifoners back that you have taken from me, and yours fhall have Li "berty to return Home, if they please.

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III. Children erect my Fire again at Cada"rackui, and plant there the Tree of Peace.

"After this the Governor of Canada delivered me a Belt, which I now lay down before you; "by it he said, defire Cayenguirago to fend a wife Man to me, and he fhall have Protection "according to the Custom of Chriftians; and added,

"Children of the Five Nations, if Cayenguirago "fhall employ you to do any Service for him, do "not accept of it, let him send his own People. Decanefora added, that the Governor of Canada had fixed eighty Days for a Return to this Belt.

He continued and faid, "The Sachems of the "Dionondadies were prefent; after I had finished my Speech, they faid; May what you have now

faid be from your Hearts; we fufpect you are "not fincere; let us no longer feel the Smart of "the Hatchet, and gave this Belt which I now " lay down.

"The Praying Indians next faid, Brethren, "our Father Onondio has told you to bring Home all the Prifoners, do not fail in this; giving two "Belts.

"Brother Cayenguirago, you will find what I have now faid confirmed by this Faper, which "the Governor of Canada gave me. I brought "Letters likewife for the Jefuit Milet, who was

to read the Paper to us." The Paper contained the Articles in French, in which the Governor of Canada was willing to make Peace, fun on visam

But befides what Decanefora here tells, the French Accounts fay, that he brought two Belts sunder→ ground (that is privately) from three Onondaga Sa chems, to affure the Governor of Canada of their particular Affection, which the Governor of Canada anfwered, by a private Belt to them. Let us

As foon as Decanefora had done speaking, Colonel Fletcher rejected the Belt fent by the Governor of Canada, faying; If the Governor of Canada have any Thing to fay to me, let him fend fome of his People to Albany, and they shall have Protection.

Next Day Sadekanahtie, after he had fung a long Song, gave the following Account of their Negotiations with the Dewagunhas and Dionondadies, which they had undertaken by the Governor's Advice.

"We were afraid, fays he, to fend Meffengers "of our own People, and therefore we employed "two Prisoners we had of the Dionondadies with "the Governor's Belt. Sometime after this, fome "of the Senekas hunting near the Dionondadies two " of them were taken; but when they were car"ried to the Dionondadie Castle, they were not "treated like Prifoners; they were ufed kind"ly, and fent back with the following Offers of "Peace.

"We are glad to see you Face to Face to speak "to you, fince the Sun has been fo propitious to "fend home the Men that were Prifoners with you, "giving a few Strings of Wampumwes

We are glad of this Opportunity to tell you, that we have been both drunk in making War on one another; we now give you a Cordial to ease "your Hearts, that there be no longer War be"tween us, by this Belt

bhWe are glad that you have fet the Doors open Boase farvas Cayenguirago's House, that we may "freely go thither. Carry him this fecond Belt.

Brethren, we thank you for having prepared a ❝-Place for use at your General Council of Onon"dagas Our Country is every where free to you “to treat with us, by this third Belt.

Brethren, our whole Country rejoiced when "you invited us into your Country, and from "thence to go where Cayenguirago dwells; be not "afraid to come to our Country, you fhall meet "with no Moleftation.

"Brethren, we thank you for putting us in "Mind of what was formerly agreed to, viz. that "when any ill Accident happens, we were to "-meet together to compofe Matters, and not to 66 revenge it with War. We are now together to "put an End to all Mifunderstanding, by this "fourth Belt.

"Brethren, (we include all the Nations from "the Senekas Country to New-York in this Name) "hearken to us. We rend the Clouds afunder, "and drive away all Darknefs from the Heavens, "that the Sun of Peace may fhine with Bright-. "nefs over us all; giving a Sun of a round red ❝ polished Stone.

"Brethren, we put the Hatchet into the Hands "of the Chightaghies, Twihtwies, and Odfira"chies, to war against you; but we fhall in three "Days go to thefe Nations and take the Hatchet "out of their Hands; giving half a Stone Pipe.→→ "You Senekas are ftupid Creatures, we muft "therefore warn you not to hunt fo far from your "Caftles, left you be hurt by any of these three "Nations, and then blame us. They then gave "the other half of the Pipe.

But Brother Cayenguirago, fays Sadakahnitie, "do not fuffer thefe Nations to come nearer thart

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"the Senekas Country, left they discover our Weak"nefs, and to what a low Condition the War has "reduced us. Thefe Nations have been fo long “ in Friendship with the French, and are fo much "under their Influence, that we cannot trust them yet, or be too much upon our Guard against them."

Colonel Fletcher not being able to give the Five Nations any Affurance of a vigorous Affiftance, he called the principal Sachems to a private Conference on the twentieth. He asked them, whether they had made Peace with the Governor of Canada they answered, that it only wanted his Approbation, and added, that they could no longer carry on the War without Affiftance. You have the whole Ne gotiations before you, fay they, and we fubmit it to your Prudence.

He then allowed them to make Peace, provided they kept faithful in their Chain with the English z but told them, that as to his Part he could make no Peace with the Governor of Canada. They were under great Uneafinefs to leave their Friends in this War, they said, and wifhed, fince neither the Governor of Canada nor he would receive Propofals by their Hands, that they might think of fome neutral Place to treat. The Governor an fwered, that he could neither receive nor fend a Meffage on that Head; and that Peace could be only made between them by the two Kings.

The Governor next asked them, whether they would permit the French to build again at Cadarackui; they answered, they would never permit it, and were refolved to infist on it, in all the enfuing Treaties, that he never fhall. Then the Gover nor added, if you permit the French to build any where on that Lake, there will be au End to your Liberty, your Pofterity will become Slaves to the French. If ever you thould permit them, I will

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