424 HISTORY OF THE IROQUOIS.
“Have the Quatogpies forgotten themselylfe-l
Or do they- suppose we have * forgotten them ?
A^ho gave »you the right in the west ouea$t,to
general cofincnl fire? -You must have
fallbnlasleep, and dreamt that the* Six Nations
wereuead! - Who ^erfnitted you to escape frbifi
the lower country? Had you arty heart left to
speak a word for yourselves ? Eememhcllhow
you hung on. by the hushes. You hid noSiven
a place to land on. You have ndt.yef done
p—--»-g for fearpf the Konoshioni. High claim,
indeed, for a tribe who had t#fun away from the
Eadarakwa#
“As for you, my' nephews,” he continued,
turning to the Lenapees; or Delaware^“ it is fit
you should let another light your fife. Before
Miqudif caine, we mad1 put; out your fir^and
poured water on it; it would not burn. Could
yburhunt of plant without our lba^Af * ICould you
seMyy§Dot of land Is ’ Did not TBe voice''of the
Long House cry, go, and yo» went ? Had you
any ptiwer at all? Fit actindeed for you to give
in to our wandering, brothers—you, from whom
we took the war-club and put on petticoats.fv •
# lion,* Albert H. Tracy*. I
t For similar language-to this, addressed to the Delawares,
see Golden’s Five Nations, for a speech of an Iroquois chief,
in council, at Lancaster.