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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
ts Bay, and even invaded the soil of Maine. Some years before Philip's war, the Mohawks committed ravages near Northampton, on Connecticut River; and the General 1667 Court of Massachusetts addressed them a letter:— We never yet did any wrong to you, or any of yours,—such was the language of the Puritan diplomatists—neither will we take any from you, but will right our people according to justice. Maryland and Virginia had repeatedly negotiated with the Senecas. In July, 1684, the governor of Virginia and of New York, and the agent of Massachusetts, met the sachems of the Five Nations at Albany, to strengthen and burnish the covenant-chain, and plant the tree of peace, of which the top should reach the sun, and the branches shelter the wide land. The treaty extended from the St. Croix to Albemarle. New York was the bond of New England and Virginia. Colden's Five Nations, 44, &c. Massachusetts Records, 1667 The north and the south were united by the conquest of New Nether
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
he Five Nations, down the Susquehannah, and near the highlands of Virginia, the Chap. XVII.} proud Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga warriors had left bloody traces of their presence. The impending struggle with New France quickened the desire of renewing peace with the English; and the deputies from the Mohawks and the three offending tribes, 1684 July 13. soon joined by the Senecas, met the governors of New York and Virginia at Albany. To the complaints and the pacific proposals of Lord Colden Howard of Effingham, Cadianne, the Mohawk orator, July 14 replied:— Sachem of Virginia, and you, Corlaer, sachem of New York, give ear, for we will not conceal the evil that has been done. The orator then rebuked the Oneidas, Onondagas, and Cayugas, for their want of faith, and gave them a belt of wampum, to quicken their memory. Then, turning to Effingham, he continued:— Great sachem of Virginia, these three beaver-skins are a token of our gladness that your heart is softened; t