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proved of — they deliberate upon electing a chief, and all 

 voices unite in favour of St Castins, who had already given 

 proofs of his valour and conduct. He departs with his troop, 

 but not till after he had agair Azakia's word, that, notwith- 

 standing all the dreams (he might yet have, (he would defer, 

 at least till his return, the doleful journey (he had designed. 

 This expedition of the Huron warriors was attended 

 with all imaginable succefs. The Iroquois believed them 

 to be too much weakened or discouraged to think of un- 

 dertaking any thing, and were themselves on their march 

 to come and attack them j but they were no way cautious 

 how they proceeded. It was not so with St Castins' band 

 of warriors. He had dispatched some of his people to 

 reconnoitre. They discovered the en^my without being 

 seen by them, and returned to give advice thereof to their 

 chief. The ground was found very fit for lying in am- 

 buscade -y and the Hurons availed themselves so well of it, 

 that the Iroquois saw themselves hemmed in, when they 

 believed they had no ri(k to run. They were charged 

 with a fury that left them no time to know where they 

 were. Most of thera were killed on the spot ; and the 

 remainder maimed, or grievously wounded. The Hurons 

 march o(F directly to the next village, and surprise the 

 Iroquois afsembled there. They were going to enjoy the 

 spectacle of seeing a Huron burnt j and already the Huron 

 was beginning to sing his death-song. This, no savage, 

 whom the enemy is ready to put to death, ever fails to do. 

 Loud cries, and a ihower of mulket balls, soon dispersed 

 the multitude. Both the fugitives, and those that faced 

 about to resist, were killed. All the savage ferocity was 

 fully displayed. In vain St Castins eudeavoiircd to st^p- 

 ihe carnage. With dillicully he saved a small number of 

 women and children. ?Ie was apprehensive, particularly, 

 that in the midst of tliis hc: lid tumult, Ouabi himself (liould 

 be uiaTiacred, suppoiing he yvas still living, and was ia that 



