374 ANTOINE DAl^IEL. [1648. 



snatched their arms, and, half-greased and painted, 

 ran to meet them. The Ii'oquois received them 

 with a Tolley. They fell flat to avoid the shot, 

 then leaped up with a furious yell, and sent back 

 a shower of arrows and bullets. The Iroquois, 

 who were outnumbered, gave way and fled, except- 

 ing a few who for a time made fight with theii- 

 knives. The Hurons pursued. Many prisoners 

 were taken, and many dead left on the field. ^ The 

 rout of the enemy was complete; and when their 

 trade was ended, the Hurons returned home in 

 triumph, decorated with the laurels and the scalps 

 of victory. As it proved, it would have been well, 

 had they remained there to defend their famihes 

 and firesides. 



The oft-mentioned town of Teanaustaye, or St. 

 Joseph, lay on the south-eastern frontier of the 

 Huron country, near the foot of a range of forest- 

 covered hills, and about fifteen miles from Sainte 

 Marie. It had been the chief town of the nation, 

 and its population, by the Indian standard, was still 

 large ; for it had four hundred families, and at least 

 two thousand inhabitants. It was well fortified 

 with pahsades, after the Hiu'on manner, and was 

 esteemed the chief bulwark of the country. Here 

 countless Iroquois had been burned and devoured. 

 Its people had been truculent and mtractable hea- 

 then, but many of them had surrendered to the 

 Faith, and for four years past Father Daniel had 

 preached among them with excellent results. 



1 Lalemant, Eelatim, 1648, 11. The Jesuit Bressani had come down 

 with the Hurons, and was witli them in the fight. 



