1689.] HIS EFFORTS FOR PEACE. 195 



Ourehaoue, whose loss had infuriated the Iroquois. 1 

 Frontenac gained his good-will on the voyage ; and, 

 when they reached Quebec, he lodged him in the 

 chateau, and treated him with such kindness that 

 the chief became his devoted admirer and friend. 

 As his influence was great among his people, Fron- 

 tenac hoped that he might use him with success to 

 bring about an accommodation. He placed three 

 of the captives at the disposal of the Cayuga, who 

 forthwith sent them to Onondaga with a message 

 which the governor had dictated, and which was 

 to the following effect : " The great Onontio, whom 

 you all know, has come back again. He does not 

 blame you for what you have done ; for he looks 

 upon you as foolish children, and blames only the 

 English, who are the cause of your folly, and have 

 made you forget your obedience to a father who 

 has always loved and never deceived you. He 

 will permit me, Ourehaoue, to return to you as 

 soon as you will come to ask for me, not as you 

 have spoken of late, but like children speaking to 

 a father." 2 Frontenac hoped that they would 

 send an embassy to reclaim their chief, and thus 

 give him an opportunity to use his personal influ- 

 ence over them. With the three released captives, 

 he sent an Iroquois convert named Cut Nose with 

 a wampum belt to announce his return. 



When the deputation arrived at Onondaga 

 and made known their errand, the Iroquois 



1 Ourehaoue was not one of the neutrals entrapped at Fort Frontenac, 

 but was seized about the same time by the troops on their way up the 

 St. Lawrence. 



2 Frontenac au Ministre, 30 Avril, 1690. 



