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with a single blow scattered the brains of his vanquished warrior over 
the ground. His body was dragged out of the way and another 
champion of the Eries presented himself. He was as quickly thrown 
by his more skilful and powerful antagonist of the Iroquois party, and 
as quickly despatched by the infuriated chief of the Eries. A third 
met the same fate. The chief of the Iroquois seeing the terrible 
excitement which agitated the multitude, gave a signal to retreat. 
Every man obeyed, and in a moment they were out of sight. In two 
hours they arrived at Buffalo, gathered up the trophies of their vic- 
tories and were on their way home.* 
The visit of the hundred athletes of the Iroquois-and its terrible 
results only served to inflame the jealousy of the Eries, and to con- 
vince them that they had powerful enemies to contend with. It was 
no part of their new policy to strengthen their power by cultivating 
friendly, or rather equal ailiance, with any of their neighbors—they 
struggled to regain their ancient position as Arbitrators of the con- 
tinent—the ‘‘Island”—as warriors, they must prove themselves 
“superior to all men.” As a league, the Five Nations could not be 
dealt with, they must be destroyed in detail. With this view, a 
powerful war party was immediately organized to attack the Senecas. 
It happened at that time that there resided among the Eries a 
Seneca woman, who during the first war had been taken captive and 
been married to an Erie, he died and left her a widow without child- 
ren, a stranger among strangers, and now sadly alone, her heart and 
thoughts naturally turned with longing towards her old home. 
Apprehending the terrible note of preparation for a bloody onslaught 
upon her kindred and friends, she formed the resolution of apprising 
them of their danger. As soon as night set in she started on her 
journey, travelled all night, and early next morning reached the 
‘“head of the lake,” where she found a canoe fastened to a tree, she 
boldly jumped in and pushed out into the open lake. Coasting 
down the south shore of the lake she arrived at Oswego river in the 
*\ parallel engagement between ‘‘ Young Men ”’ is found in sacred. 
history, in 11 Samuel, Chap. 11, Verses 14, 15, 16, beginning ‘‘ Let the 
young men now arise and play before us.’’ Let them arise.” The 
place was called hereafter, the ‘‘Place of Strong Man.” ‘The chiefs 
arose and called out in a loud voice, ‘‘ Treachery, Treachery.” 
