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  with 
  them 
  for 
  their 
  ceremony." 
  A 
  thousand 
  Etchemins, 
  Algou- 
  

   mequins 
  and 
  Montagnez 
  had 
  defeated 
  ioo 
  Iroquois 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  called 
  from 
  them, 
  and 
  flowing 
  from 
  Lake 
  Cham- 
  

   plain. 
  They 
  had 
  to 
  do 
  this 
  by 
  surprise, 
  for 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  

   more 
  numerous 
  than 
  all 
  three 
  nations, 
  controlling 
  all 
  the 
  St 
  

   Lawrence 
  above 
  Three 
  Rivers. 
  He 
  got 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  country 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  tw 
  T 
  o 
  rivers 
  leading 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  same 
  

   year 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  again 
  beaten 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  fight, 
  though 
  the 
  

   odds 
  w 
  r 
  ere 
  in 
  their 
  favor. 
  While 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  coast 
  in 
  

   1605, 
  Champlain 
  saw 
  a 
  river 
  which 
  he 
  thought 
  went 
  " 
  toward 
  

   the 
  Hiroquois, 
  a 
  nation 
  who 
  have 
  open 
  war 
  with 
  the 
  Montagnars, 
  

   who 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  river 
  St 
  Lawrence." 
  They 
  were 
  not 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  again 
  till 
  1609. 
  

  

  It 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  that 
  Hudson 
  encountered 
  any 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  

   his 
  voyage 
  of 
  that 
  year. 
  Assertions 
  of 
  this 
  have 
  no 
  sound 
  basis, 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  living 
  many 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  their 
  ene- 
  

   mies 
  everywhere 
  holding 
  its 
  banks. 
  Champlain 
  had 
  a 
  different 
  

   fortune 
  while 
  exploring 
  the 
  land. 
  In 
  doing 
  this, 
  he 
  met 
  with 
  the 
  

   Hurons, 
  whom 
  he 
  at 
  first 
  called 
  Ochateguins 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  

   chiefs, 
  but 
  learned 
  that 
  these 
  were 
  " 
  good 
  Yroquois. 
  The 
  other 
  

   Yroquois, 
  their 
  enemies, 
  are 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  south." 
  These 
  he 
  soon 
  

   sought. 
  

  

  He 
  left 
  the 
  Chambly 
  rapids 
  on 
  the 
  River 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  July 
  

   2, 
  1609, 
  w 
  T 
  ith 
  20 
  canoes 
  and 
  60 
  Indians, 
  called 
  Montagnars 
  from 
  

   the 
  mountains 
  near 
  Quebec. 
  Two 
  Frenchmen 
  were 
  with 
  him. 
  

   In 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  he 
  came 
  to 
  four 
  large 
  islands, 
  inhabited 
  

   before 
  the 
  war. 
  The 
  eastern 
  shore 
  had 
  then 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  

   Iroquois, 
  but 
  they 
  now 
  lived 
  farther 
  south, 
  beyond 
  Lake 
  George, 
  

   and 
  the 
  route 
  was 
  clearly 
  described 
  to 
  him. 
  July 
  29 
  they 
  encoun- 
  

   tered 
  200 
  Iroquois, 
  but 
  the 
  brief 
  battle 
  took 
  place 
  next 
  day. 
  It 
  

   differed 
  much 
  from 
  our 
  ideas 
  of 
  Indian 
  warfare. 
  Some 
  days 
  

   before 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  his 
  party 
  assigned 
  each 
  man 
  his 
  place 
  and 
  

   part 
  by 
  carefully 
  arranging 
  as 
  many 
  sticks, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  drill 
  

   on 
  this. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  stone 
  axes 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  iron, 
  obtained 
  

   in 
  war 
  or 
  trade. 
  Amicable 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  

   morrow's 
  combat 
  by 
  the 
  opposing 
  chiefs. 
  Next 
  day 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

  

  