Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine . 166^ invaluable in tracing ancestry—in two volumes. Wc also have a large line of Souvenir Postal Cards show-ing local scenes, including the Revolutionary Buildings. ii OLD^ VLSTER A N Vol. IV JANUARY, 1908 No. I The Silver ^ ^ ^ Covenant Chain. EADERS of this magazine are familiarwith the suzerainty exercised over theIndians of this region by the powerfultribes of central New York, the FiveNations of the English and the Iro-quois of the French. In former issuesof Olde Ulster, when the story of theIndian wars in this locality was told,ther
Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine . 166^ invaluable in tracing ancestry—in two volumes. Wc also have a large line of Souvenir Postal Cards show-ing local scenes, including the Revolutionary Buildings. ii OLD^ VLSTER A N Vol. IV JANUARY, 1908 No. I The Silver ^ ^ ^ Covenant Chain. EADERS of this magazine are familiarwith the suzerainty exercised over theIndians of this region by the powerfultribes of central New York, the FiveNations of the English and the Iro-quois of the French. In former issuesof Olde Ulster, when the story of theIndian wars in this locality was told,there have been allusions to The Silver CovenantChain which held these Indian masters of the Con-tinent true at first to the Dutch, and afterwards, tothe English. (Vol. I., page 165 and Vol. II., page100.) The editor has received from time to time anumber of requests for information regarding what iscalled by that term. To those who have searched the Colonial Historyof New York in the fifteen quarto volumes of Dr. I Olde Ulster Edmund B. OCallaghan the multitude of allusions tothe alliance called by the Indians The Chain, TheCovenant Chain or The Silver Covenant Chain isone of the strongly marked features of the documentsthere preserved. In some of these forms the termis used in almost every Indoldeulsterhistor1908king
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