Dongan that they could not and to soothe you, with peaceably matters settle to wit, to what he himself had urged them to do very returned had they whence Albany to his spirit if he were dissatisfied with them for not going A letter is sent you which he has given to M. le Moine. recently. Whatever Sieur Arnaud may say, we have not neglected to send for the Oneida deputies whom ;

we expect to-morrow.

Monsieur le Moine will use the greatest possible diligence to return to you,

inasmuch as this delay is not very agreeable to him.

am always, my Lord, Your very humble and very obedient servant, J.

DE LAMBERVILLE.

FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME. Onontague, 27 Sept. 1684.

My Lord,--I return here after having been delayed ten days in the Lake by very strong head winds.

A day before the Iroquois deputies met here, the Senecas sent Belts to the Iroquois villages

to declare to them that should you disembark in their country, they would attack you.

Six or seven

Mohegans (Loups) were preparing to go to the assistance of the Iroquois, as the Outaoutes were aidThe Seneca scouts have been as far as Kaionhouague, where you had concluded ing the French. The Onnontagues believed the peace, to be certain of the place at which your army had encamped. killed me. Tegannehout's arrival in this country will have calmed tor several days that they had No news have as yet been received from the Seneca. the minds in communicating your peace to them. Some say they will shortly come hither to confer on important matters. If any one come from the For there I shall inform you of whatever I will have learned. Sieur Arnaud, Mr. Dongan's deputy, has not re-appeared here since my departure from Onnonta6, though he had assured me that he should return in ten days. 'Tis said that his delay is caused by not having found his master at Orange (Albany), and that he has gone to Manath to inform him of the proceedings of the Onnontagu6 and of your arrival at Gainhouague, [Hungry Bay.] I had the honour of writing to you from the Fort whence I sent you a wampum belt from the I gave Sieur Hannataksa the belt of Wampum and the red Calumet in your name, to Tionnontates. whom I said that you would be ever obliged to him if he would turn his arms to the left of Fort St.