CHAPTER XXI. 



1646, 1647. 

 ANOTHER WAR. 



Mohawk Inroads. — The Hunters of Men. — The Capt vb Con- 

 verts. — The Escape of Marie. — Her Story. — The Algon- 

 quin Prisoner's Revenge. — Her Flight. — Terror of the 

 Colonists. — Jesuit Intrepidity. 



The peace was broken, and the hounds of war 

 turned loose. The contagion spread through all 

 the Mohawk nation, the war- songs were sung, and 

 the warriors took the path for Canada. The mis- 

 erable colonists and thek more miserable allies 

 woke from their dream of peace to a reality of fear 

 and horror. Again Montreal and Three Rivers 

 were beset with murdering savages, skulking in 

 thickets and prowling under cover of night, yet, 

 when it came to blows, displaying a courage al- 

 most equal to the ferocity that inspired it. They 

 plundered and burned Fort Richelieu, which its 

 small garrison had abandoned, thus leaving 'the; 

 colony without even the semblance of protection. 

 Before the spring opened, all the fighting men 

 of the Mohawks took the war-path ; but it is 

 clear that many of them still had little heart for 



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