The Iroquois now entered into an alliance with the Dutch.

It was a very important movement, and the treaty look place, with many surroundings of barbaric pomp, on the banks of the Norman's Kill.
Ambassadors from each of the five tribes graced the occasion.

Leading chiefs of several other tribes were also invited to be present, to witness the imposing ceremony.

The garrison furnished for the pageant the waving of silken banners and the exhilarating music of its band.
The Indian chiefs attended with their decorated weapons, and they were arrayed in the richest costume of war paint, fringed garments, and nodding plumes.
The assembly was large.

The belt of peace, gorgeously embroidered with many-colored beads, on softly-tanned deer skin, was held at one end by the Iroquois chieftains, and at the other by the prominent men of the Dutch Company, in their most showy attire.