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| The Time of Trouble at Cornplanter's Village, by Jesse Cornplanter |
From the journals of Alexander Henry (the Younger):
Friday, Dec. 25th (Christmas) - Snowed all day. Indians perpetually going around coming from one house to another, getting what they ask for, without the trouble of hunting...
28th - Red Lake Indians arrived...We have our hands full; since my arrival it has been the same - never one day quiet.
Friday, Jan. 1st, 1802 - This morning the usual ceremony of firing, etc., was performed. I treated my people with two gallons of high wine, five fathoms of tobacco, and some flour and sugar. My neighbors came visiting, and before sunrise both sexes of all parties were intoxicated and more troublesome than double their number of Saulteurs; the men were fighting and quarreling all night.
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