﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  169 
  

  

  hawks 
  advanced 
  in 
  good 
  order, 
  led 
  by 
  three 
  chiefs, 
  distinguished 
  

   by 
  their 
  larger 
  plumes. 
  On 
  landing, 
  the 
  Montagnars 
  ran 
  toward 
  

   the 
  enemy, 
  but 
  opened 
  their 
  ranks 
  to 
  let 
  Champlain 
  take 
  the 
  lead. 
  

   The 
  Mohawks 
  halted 
  at 
  this 
  new 
  sight, 
  and 
  his 
  first 
  shot 
  killed 
  

   two 
  chiefs 
  and 
  wounded 
  a 
  third, 
  though 
  clad 
  in 
  arrow-proof 
  

   armor. 
  This 
  decided 
  the 
  contest, 
  but 
  many 
  others 
  were 
  killed 
  

   and 
  some 
  taken 
  prisoners. 
  

  

  This 
  meeting 
  has 
  been 
  assigned 
  to 
  both 
  Ticonderoga 
  and 
  

   Crown 
  Point. 
  For 
  the 
  former 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  they 
  returned 
  

   three 
  hours 
  after 
  the 
  fight, 
  and 
  yet 
  Champlain 
  saw 
  Ticonderoga 
  

   falls. 
  For 
  the 
  latter, 
  that 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  came 
  down 
  the 
  lake 
  to 
  

   the 
  large 
  point 
  where 
  they 
  stopped, 
  whence 
  we 
  might 
  at 
  first, 
  

   but 
  not 
  conclusively, 
  infer 
  they 
  were 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  portage. 
  He 
  

   added, 
  " 
  The 
  place 
  where 
  this 
  battle 
  was 
  fought 
  is 
  in 
  43 
  degrees 
  

   some 
  minutes 
  latitude, 
  and 
  I 
  named 
  it 
  Lake 
  Champlain." 
  Crown 
  

   Point 
  is 
  very 
  near 
  the 
  44th 
  parallel. 
  In 
  this 
  case 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  embarked 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Lake 
  Champlain. 
  

  

  In 
  1610 
  he 
  had 
  another 
  encounter 
  with 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Some 
  

   Algoumequins 
  and 
  Montagnais 
  had 
  attacked 
  a 
  temporary 
  fort 
  

   in 
  which 
  100 
  of 
  their 
  enemies 
  had 
  taken 
  refuge, 
  and 
  were 
  repulsed 
  

   with 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  their 
  best 
  men. 
  Even 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  

   not 
  at 
  first 
  successful, 
  terrible 
  as 
  firearms 
  were 
  then 
  to 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois. 
  Reinforcements 
  came 
  ; 
  Champlain 
  had 
  a 
  tree 
  felled 
  across 
  

   the 
  barricade, 
  and 
  the 
  place 
  was 
  carried 
  by 
  assault, 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  

   defenders 
  escaping. 
  

  

  For 
  some 
  time 
  there 
  were 
  but 
  brief 
  references 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  

   and 
  then 
  Champlain 
  took 
  part 
  in 
  what 
  was 
  intended 
  for 
  a 
  crush- 
  

   ing, 
  but 
  was 
  an 
  unsuccessful 
  blow. 
  In 
  161 
  5 
  he 
  visited 
  the 
  

   Hurons, 
  sometimes 
  called 
  the 
  good 
  Iroquois 
  from 
  their 
  friend- 
  

   ship 
  for 
  the 
  Algonquins 
  and 
  the 
  French, 
  the 
  latter 
  known 
  to 
  them 
  

   as 
  the 
  Agnonha 
  or 
  iron 
  men. 
  He 
  commenced 
  his 
  journey 
  July 
  9, 
  

   with 
  Etienne 
  Brule, 
  the 
  interpreter, 
  a 
  French 
  servant 
  and 
  some 
  

   Indians, 
  ascending 
  the 
  Ottawa, 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  already 
  

   traversed. 
  Reaching 
  the 
  Georgian 
  bay, 
  he 
  followed 
  its 
  shores 
  

   to 
  the 
  Huron 
  towns 
  toward 
  Lake 
  Simcoe. 
  The 
  Recollect 
  Father, 
  

   Le 
  Caron 
  already 
  had 
  a 
  mission 
  there, 
  and 
  eight 
  of 
  his 
  French- 
  

  

  