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mosquitoes will allow him no repose. After 

 ascending six or seven rapids his only meal will be 

 of Indian corn steeped in water, his bed will be the 

 earth, or a jagged or uneven rock. At times the 

 stars will be his blanket, and around him, night 

 and day, perpetual silence.&quot; 



Twenty- three years later, &quot;the Jesuits beheld 

 with pardonable gratification the approaching 

 realization of their hopes and ample reward 

 for their great sacrifices. Flourishing missions 

 were established and chapels built in what are 

 now the townships of Sunnidale, Tiny, Medonte, 

 Tay, Matchedash and North Orillia.&quot; Then the 

 fury of the Iroquois burst upon them, and all was 

 swept away in one mad rush of fire, hate, and 

 torture. The Nipissings, the Hurons, the To- 

 bacco nation, and finally the Neutrals, were all War 

 destroyed, their towns burnt, and the remnants 

 of the tribes driven into exile, or carried into 

 captivity; followed by death by torture, adoption 

 into the tribes of their conquerors, or an existence 

 on sufferance as their clients. 



In the meanwhile the Neturals had destroyed 

 the Mascoutins, or Fire Nation. Thus of all the 

 nations, inhabiting the great region described, 

 one tribe only, the Missisauga remained. These 

 retained the goodwill of the Iroquois, and were 

 permitted by them to occupy some of the con 

 quered lands of the Hurons, in this way they 

 moved southward as far as the north shore of 

 Lake Ontario. It is interesting to note that the 

 land now occupied by the Six Nation Indians on 



