An American history . the other touched the Gulf of Mexico atthe mouth of the Mississippi. The French king claimed ashis all that immense area. If he made good his claim,English expansion westward would be checked forever. Itmight even be possible to drive the English into the sea andmake France the chief power in North America. But, as thenext step to that result, the French must secure the southshore of Lake Ontario with the upper valley of the there in the hollow of the crescent, between them andthe English, were their bit-ter enemies, the Iroquois. 139. The Friendship ofthe Iroq
An American history . the other touched the Gulf of Mexico atthe mouth of the Mississippi. The French king claimed ashis all that immense area. If he made good his claim,English expansion westward would be checked forever. Itmight even be possible to drive the English into the sea andmake France the chief power in North America. But, as thenext step to that result, the French must secure the southshore of Lake Ontario with the upper valley of the there in the hollow of the crescent, between them andthe English, were their bit-ter enemies, the Iroquois. 139. The Friendship ofthe Iroquois. Such was thesituation in 1683 whenThomas Dongan became signature of dongan Governor of New York. He was a Roman Cathohc was also a brave friend of the English in America, and heknew how to deal with Indians. In 1684, at Albany, occurreda memorable conference between Dongan and the chiefs ofthe Five Nations. A treaty was made in which the Iroquoisacknowledged themselves subjects of England; agreed not. lOO AMERICAN HISTORY to attack the frontier settlements of Virginia and Marylandand to allow the arms of the Duke of York to be set up intheir villages as signs of their new allegiance. Thus, for themoment, the English were protected along the west. 140. The War Cloud of 1686. But there was anothermenace to the peace of the colonies which at the time appearedeven more serious. CaroHna was only two days sail fromSt. Augustine. From St. Augustine a hundred years before(section 24) Menendez marched to destroy the Spaniards still held the city. Beyond it to the south layCuba and all the vast extent of the Spanish American empirewith its walled cities, its strong garrisons, and its great were no powerful Iroquois to protect the Southern Eng-lish, and the dread of Spanish invasion hung over the Southhke a dark cloud. Suddenly, in 1686, the cloud burst. 141. The Destruction of Port Royal. A Spanish expeditionappeared at sea off Edisto Island,
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