290 PEACE. [1645. 



the orator led forth a Frenchman and an Algonquin 

 from among his auditors, and, linking his arms with 

 theirs, pressed them closely to his sides, in token 

 of indissoluble union. 



The next belt invited the French to feast with 

 the Iroquois. " Our country is full of fish, veni- 

 son, moose, beaver, and game of every kind. 

 Leave these filthy swine that run about among 

 your houses, feeding on garbage, and come and 

 eat good food with us. The road is open; there 

 is no danger." 



There was another belt to scatter the clouds, 

 that the sun might shine on the hearts of the 

 Indians and the French, and reveal their sincerity 

 and truth to all ; then others still, to confirm the 

 Hurons in thoughts of peace. By the fifteenth 

 belt, Kiotsaton declared that the Iroquois had 

 always wished to send home Jogues and Bressani 

 to their friends, and had "meant to do so ; but that 

 Jogues was stolen from them by the Dutch, and 

 they had given Bressani to them because he de- 

 sired it. •' If he had but been patient," added the 

 ambassador, " I would have brought him back my- 

 self. Now I know not what has befallen him. 

 Perhaps he is drowned. Perhaps he is dead." 

 Here Jogues said, with a smile, to the Jesuits near 

 him, " They had the pile laid to burn me. They 

 would have killed me a hundred times, if God had 

 not saved my life." 



Two or three more belts were hung on the line, 

 each with its appropriate speech ; and then the 

 speaker closed his harangue : " I go to spend what 



