drew several off to go and Canada, and laid the foundation of that formidable and fatal reductiog which now forms the Cagnawaga nawar gave the, French intelligence of all Golden, Co designs here against them." " lonial History, v, 732. They became a thorn to the frontier towns and settle ments of New England during the whole of the French war, and of the American

est, actually

Revolution."

live in

bered, in 1745, two

fighting men.

Schoolcraft.

They num

hundred and

thirty

THE INDIAN TRIBES

cooks as well as of

Mohawks and Oneidas*

The Mohawks felt

the loss deeply, and exhausted every effort to reclaim the wan derers, but without avail.

Not only was foundation laid for the subsequent weakness of the Iroquois by the defection of the Praying Indians, but by the settlement among the Lenapes of the Shawanoes of Maryland and

At the outbreak of the war the Shawanoes were con Virginia. the advance of the Iroquois in the south, and were also testing In the latter they suffered engaged in war with the Cherokees. and but for the aid of the Mahicans, would severely, timely

have been destroyed.

The Lenapes invited them to remove to

their country ; the invitation being accepted, the Minsis brought

New York,

the matter to the attention of the government of

in September, 1692, on an application to permit their settlement in the Minnisink country. The council gave its assent on con

dition

that

they

should

first

make peace with

the

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