. Indian history for young folks . governor, enfeebled by age, being carried in an bundles of reeds suspended from a tree, which they encountered ontheir way, denoted that fourteen hundred and thirty-four warriors (thenumber of reeds) defied them. They found the stronghold in ashes, theIndians having, upon the approach of so large an army, burned theirtown and retreated into the forest. For two days the army was employed in destroying the corn andother stores of the Onondagas. A messenger for peace from the Onei-das was told that they could have it on condition that they should a
. Indian history for young folks . governor, enfeebled by age, being carried in an bundles of reeds suspended from a tree, which they encountered ontheir way, denoted that fourteen hundred and thirty-four warriors (thenumber of reeds) defied them. They found the stronghold in ashes, theIndians having, upon the approach of so large an army, burned theirtown and retreated into the forest. For two days the army was employed in destroying the corn andother stores of the Onondagas. A messenger for peace from the Onei-das was told that they could have it on condition that they should allmigrate and settle in Canada. Within three days Vaudreuil, with sevenhundred men, had destroyed their town and seized a number of chiefs ashostages for the fulfilment of Frontenacs demands. The expedition thenreturned, achieving only a partial success. The Indians had saved them-selves by flight. The government of New York supplied them with cornto prevent a famine, and the Iroquois had not yet been subdued. Their July 4, GOVERNOR COLDEN. 144 INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS. power, however, was so far broken that they were never again very for-midable to the French. The peace of Utrecht (February, 1098) ended the struggle, and thedeath of the heroic old governor took place a few months later (Novem-ber 28). In 1750 the Iroquois had diminished one-half, from the introductionof ardent spirits among them and from emigration to the St. Lawrenceunder Jesuit influence. With the exception of the Oneidas, they espousedthe British cause during the Revolution, and were severely punished byan expedition into their country under General Sullivan in 1779.* * The best account of the Five Nations is that of Governor Golden, published in 1727,Consult also Turkmans Froutenac and New Fraace. VI. KING PHILIPS WAR. A LITTLE more than two centuries ago, New England was the sceneof one of the bloodiest of Indian wars. It contained at that timesome thirty thousand red men; of these less than
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