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and bids her be patient until he has heard what the French and his own 
allies have to propose. Accepting this as giving her leave to hope, she 
embraces her son and withdraws. 
Left alone Ulamar soliloquizes. His words are expressive of a 
struggle between his faithfulness and attachment to the English and 
Iroquois and his love for his mother. He reflects on his mother’s 
past devotion to him and he is greatly agitated. 
He is called away to join his friends and meet with the French 
ambassadors. 
When the ambassadors announce the desire of the French and 
Hurons to make peace, Zephario, Beaufort and Ulamar taunt them 
with being the cause of the war by their past treachery and say that 
the French now wish to gain by diplomacy what they had failed to 
win by force of arms. The ambassadors plead that their governor, 
Frontenac, disowns the recent treacherous attack. It had been a 
private enterprise which the governor had resolved to punish. They 
say also that the French monarch has sent orders to Frontenac: 
“To make a solid and lasting peace 
With all the warlike five Iroquoian tribes; 
A peace so firm that ’tis his royal will 
That you and all his subjects will be one.’ 
In this proposal may be noticed a desire to separate the English 
and the Iroquois interests. The French urge strongly the advantage 
this arrangement would be to the Iroquois, but their arguments are not 
at all convincing. Whilst they are still discussing the matter, a slave 
of Sakia’s arrives and drawing Ulamar aside tells him that his mother 
“stands with her threatening dagger in her hand.” Ulamar bids the 
slave tell his mother that “Her harsh command will be obeyed.” 
He then turns to the French envoys and tells them that although 
the Iroquois will not agree to become part of a community, they are 
willing to accept the following terms of peace: 
1st.—A cessation of hostilities between us and you, and your confed- 
erates the Hurons. 
2nd.—A treaty of commerce between us and you. 
3rd.—An exchange of all the captives. 
Beaufort, surprised, in vain tries to interrupt Ulamar. The 
French agree to the terms. Zephario agrees to the treaty of commerce 
as being for the advantage of his tribe. 3 
One of the ambassadors expresses great satisfaction and asks if 
the English will now be dislodged. Beaufort replies that they need not 
fear the English as he will that night encamp his troops a league from 
the town where they will be ready to march towards New York in the 
morning. 
