426 FRONTENAC ATTACKS THE OXOXDAGAS. [1698. 



The following Sunday was the clay appointed 

 for the Te Deum ordered by the king ; and all the 

 dignitaries of the colony, with a crowd of lesser note, 

 filled the cathedral. There was a dinner of cere- 

 mony at the chateau, to which Schuyler was invited ; 

 and he found the table of the governor thronged 

 with officers. Frontenac called on his guests to 

 drink the health of King William. Schuyler re- 

 plied by a toast in honor of King Louis ; and the 

 governor next gave the health of the Earl of Bello- 

 mont. The peace was then solemnly proclaimed, 

 amid the firing of cannon from the batteries and 

 ships ; and the clay closed with a bonfire and a general 

 illumination. On the next evening, Frontenac gave 

 Schuyler a letter in answer to the threats of the 

 earl. He had written with trembling hand, but 

 unshaken will and unbending pride : — 



" I am determined to pursue my course without 

 flinching ; and I request you not to try to thwart me 

 by efforts which will prove useless. All the pro- 

 tection and aid you tell me that you have given, 

 and will continue to give, the Iroquois, against the 

 terms of the treaty, will not cause me much alarm, 

 nor make me change my plans, but rather, on the 

 contrary, engage me to pursue them still more." 1 



1 On the questions between Bellomont and Frontenac, Relation de ce 

 qui s'est passe', etc., 1697, 1698; Champigny au Ministre, 12 Juillet, 1698; 

 Frontenac au Ministre, 18 Oct., 1698; Frontenac et Champigny au Ministre 

 [lettre commune), 15 Oct., 1698 ; Callieres au Ministre, mime date, etc. The 

 correspondence of Frontenac and Bellomont, the report of Peter Schuy- 

 ler and Dellius, the journal of John Schuyler, and other papers on the 

 same subjects, will be found in N. Y. Col. Docs., IV. John Schuyler was 

 grandfather of General Schuyler of the American Revolution. Peter 

 Schuyler and his colleague Dellius brought to Canada all the French 

 prisoners in the hands of the English of New York, and asked for English 



