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himself in the midst of 500 Onondagas. Just afterward he gave 

 the French another great fright by way of a joke. At Lake St 

 Francis they met another party, and then the deputies went on 

 alone. Charlevoix said that Haaskouan was speaker and a 

 Seneca, but that Hotreouate', the Onondaga, was meant is very 

 clear. His address alarmed the French, and he gave them four 

 days to answer. He was expected again at Montreal, ])ut had 

 not come Oct. 10, nor did he again appear. He may have been 

 in the peace embassy attacked by the Huron chief, the Rat, other- 

 wise known as Adario or Kondiaronk, to whom De Nonville had 

 promised that the war should go on till the Iroquois were 

 destroyed. While on the warpath, he heard that Onondaga 

 deputies were on their way to conclude peace. He at once 

 waylaid them at La Famine, killed one, seized the rest and then 

 pretended that he did this by advice of the French. They readily 

 believed this of De Nonville. All were set free with apologies, 

 but one whom he reserved for adoption. This one he gave to 

 the French at Michilimackinac, and they shot him, as he 

 intended. 



The Iroquois were roused to fury, and the bloody war of 1689 

 followed. There would now be no peace till their friends were 

 sent back from the galleys. Fort Frontenac was invested by 900 

 Iroquois, but they failed to take it. Father Alilet was captured 

 there and carried to Oneida, where he was afterward adopted and 

 became a principal chief. He was long a subject of controversy 

 with the English, who wished to hold him. The simple song 

 which his captors made him sing on the road has a pathetic tone : 

 " Ongienda kchasakehoua! I have been taken by my children!" 

 One of his names at this time was Genherontatie', The Dying 

 One who marches. 



From Fort Frontenac the Iroquois went to Montreal, killing 

 or capturing 300 or 400 there. In one of these raids 200 French 

 were killed in an hour, and in August 1500 Iroquois came and did 

 all the damage they pleased, landing at Lachine in a storm, and 

 burning and killing for two days without opposition. In Novem- 

 ber 150 returned to the island of Montreal, killing many and 



