CHAPTEE XIX. 



1696-1698. 

 FRONTENAC ATTACKS THE ONONDAGAS. 



March of Frontenac. — Flight of the Enemy. — An Iroquois 

 Stoic. — Eelief for the Onondagas. — Boasts of Frontenac. 

 — His Complaints. — His Enemies. —Parties in Canada. — 

 Views of Frontenac and the King. — Frontenac prevails. — 

 Peace of Rtswick. — Frontenac and Bellomont. — Schuyler 

 at Quebec. — Festivities. — A Last Defiance. 



On the fourth of July, Frontenac left Montreal, 

 at the head of about twenty-two hundred men. 

 On the nineteenth he reached Fort Frontenac, and 

 on the twenty-sixth he crossed to the southern shore 

 of Lake Ontario. A swarm of Indian canoes led 

 the way ; next followed two battalions of regulars, 

 in bateaux, commanded by Callieres; then more 

 bateaux, laden with cannon, mortars, and rockets ; 

 then Frontenac himself, surrounded by the canoes 

 of his staff and his guard ; then eight hundred 

 Canadians, under Kamesay ; while more regulars 

 and more Indians, all commanded by Vaudreuil, 

 brought up the rear. In two days they reached 

 the mouth of the Oswego ; strong scouting-parties 

 were sent out to scour the forests in front; while 

 the expedition slowly and painfully worked its way 

 up the stream. Most of the troops and Canadians 



