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PLATE 13 



Lahontan's view of De la Barre's council at La Famine (Salmon River 

 N. Y.) September 1684. An Onondaga chief is speaking, who is the famous 

 orator usually called Garangula. The spot is at the mouth of Salmon river 

 in Oswego county, on the north side, and represents fairly well the con- 

 ditions of the picture. The place received its name in 1656 from the famished 

 condition of the French colonists when they reached it. It had been intended 

 for their habitation but the plan was changed. As a landing place on Lake 

 Ontario it had long been a notable place of resort, and was the terminus 

 of the beaver land trust deed. A fine picture of this council adorns the 

 Flower Memorial Library building in Watertown, in w^iich Lahontan's plan 

 is followed in a general way. This was the Great La Famine river. A 

 smaller stream farther west had the prefix of little. 



