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may be imagined. The Viceroy told the insolent savage that he 

 would never kill another, and had him strangled on the spot by 

 the executioner, in the presence of the Flemish- Bastard, whom 

 he retained as a prisoner. 



Colden related this differently, saying that, after peace was 

 made, some Mohawks killed these Frenchmen ; and 



The Five Nations, to shew their publick Displeasure at this 

 Breach of Peace, sent Agariata, the Captain of the Company that 

 did the Mischief, with forty others, to beg Pardon ; but Monsieur 

 Coursel was resolved to make an example of Agariata, and 

 ordered him to be hanged in sight of his Company ; and the 

 French think that this Severity was a great Means of preserving 

 the Peace till the Year 1683. 



Most of the others were sent home. De Tracy made another 

 expedition that year, with 1300 men, rendezvousing at Fort St 

 Anne in Lake Champlain, where De Courcelle preceded him with 

 400 men. They carried two cannon. Alohawk scouts gave the 

 alarm and every town was abandoned. The last town was well 

 provisioned and strong enough for defense. This fort was '' a 

 triple palisade, surrounding their stronghold, twenty feet in 

 height and flanked by four bastions." Besides food, it had 

 ''abundant supplies of water in bark tanks." Oct. 17, 1666, the 

 troops '' being drawn up in battle array before the Fort of Anda- 

 raque," their commander '' took possession of said Fort and of all 

 the lands in the neighborhood as far and in as great a quantity 

 as they may extend, and of the other four forts which have been 

 conquered from the Iroquois." On this act was based part of 

 the French claims to land in New York. 



Chapter 10 



Peace made and missions resumed. Van Curler drowned. Mahicans 

 attack Gandaouague. Battle at Kinquarioones. Agreskoue renounced. 

 Iroquois mission towns in Canada. Senecas and Ottawas at war. Bap- 

 tism of Iroquois chiefs. Courcelle visits Lake Ontario. Peace between 

 Mohawks and Mahicans. Count Frontenac visits Lake Ontario and 

 builds Fort Frontenac. La Salle. King Philip's war. Death of Gara- 

 kontie'. Hennepin among the Iroquois. Governor Andros visits the 

 Mohawks. Kryn removes to Canada. Greenhalgh's journey. Cayuga 

 villages in Canada. Dekanissora. War with Illinois. Onondagas 

 remove town. Iroquois adopt captives. Peace between Five Nations 

 and Maryland. 



These harsh measures produced a general peace, and the 

 French missions were resumed in 1667. Fathers Jacques Fremin 



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