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arrows into the fort. Without disciphne, and impatient of restraint, each one acted 

 as his fancy pleased him. They placed the fire on the wrong side of the fort, so 

 that it had no effect. 



" ' When the fire had gone out, they began to pile wood against the palisades, 

 but in such small quantities that it made no impression. The confusion was so 

 great that nothing could be heard. I called out to them, and pointed out, as well 

 as I could, the danger they incurred by their imprudent management ; but they 

 heard nothing by reason of the great noise which they made. Perceiving that I 

 should break my head in calling, that my remonstrances were in vain, and that 

 there were no means of remedying the disorder, I resolved to effect, with my own 

 people, what could be done, and to fire upon those we could discover. 



" ' In the meantime, the enemy profited by our disorder. They brought and 

 threw water in such abundance, that it poured in streams from the conductors, and 

 extinguished the fire in a very short time. They continued, without cessation, to 

 discharge flights of arrows, which fell on us like hail. Those who were on the 

 tower killed and wounded a great number. 



" ' The battle lasted about three hours. Two of our chiefs, some head-men, and 

 about fifteen others were wounded.' " 



Mr. Marshall is of the opinion that this fort was situated upon the shores of 

 Onondaga Lake. He arrives at this conclusion from an analysis of the courses 

 and distances travelled by Champlain, the streams which he crossed, etc., and con- 

 tinues : 



" Another circumstance to aid us in the location, is the description given by 

 Champlain of the fort itself ' It was situated,' says he, ' on the borders of an 

 unfailing body of water.' This he calls ' Etatig,^ a word generally applied to an 

 artificial pond, but sometimes used for a small lake or other natural collection of 

 water. There is nothing that will answer the terms of the description in so many 

 particulars, as the shore of Onondaga Lake ; and it is quite probable that it is there 

 we must look for the location of the fort which was invested by the invaders. 



" Three miles southeast of its outlet, on the northern bank of the lake, and near 

 the present village of Liverpool, an ancient Indian work was discovered by the 

 early settlers, which may have been the site of the fortification in question. There 

 is reason to believe that the same locality was occupied by Monsieur Dupuis 

 and the Jesuits, when they established themselves among the Onondagas in 

 1656. 



" Mr. Clark, of Manlius, thinks that the Count de Frontenac occupied this 

 position when he invaded the Onondaga country, in 1696, and that Col. Van 

 Schaick encamped there while on his expedition against the Onondagas, in 

 1779." 



In the account of Frontenac's Expedition, contained in Vol. V. of the Paris Doc- 

 uments, now deposited in the office of the Secretary of State of New York, it is 

 stated that the principal fort of the Onondagas was burned by the Indians upon 

 the approach of the French army. The terms of the account are as follows : 

 " The cabins of the Indians and the triple palisade which encircled their fort were 

 found entirely burnt. It was an oblong flanked by four regular bastions. The 



