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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  soon 
  became 
  excellent 
  marksmen. 
  This 
  became 
  the 
  real 
  foun- 
  

   dation 
  of 
  their 
  great 
  power, 
  though 
  they 
  were 
  good 
  warriors 
  

   before. 
  

  

  A 
  Dutch 
  document 
  of 
  1646 
  says 
  of 
  this 
  new 
  feature 
  that 
  " 
  they 
  

   have 
  now 
  achieved 
  many 
  profitable 
  forays 
  where 
  before 
  they 
  had 
  

   but 
  little 
  advantage 
  ; 
  this 
  caused 
  them 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  respected 
  by 
  

   the 
  surrounding 
  Indians 
  even 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  Sea 
  coast, 
  who 
  must 
  

   generally 
  pay 
  them 
  tribute, 
  whereas, 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  they 
  were 
  

   formerly 
  obliged 
  to 
  contribute 
  to 
  these." 
  

  

  The 
  war 
  with 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Indians 
  still 
  continued. 
  When 
  

   some 
  missionaries 
  were 
  making 
  their 
  first 
  ascent 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Law- 
  

   rence 
  in 
  1632, 
  they 
  found 
  as 
  low 
  down 
  as 
  Tadoussac 
  a 
  party 
  

   which 
  had 
  returned 
  with 
  nine 
  Iroquois 
  prisoners, 
  and 
  their 
  tor- 
  

   tures 
  were 
  graphically 
  described. 
  One 
  strong 
  and 
  courageous 
  

   chief 
  sang 
  during 
  his 
  tortures 
  at 
  Quebec. 
  " 
  When 
  they 
  came 
  to 
  

   tell 
  him 
  he 
  must 
  die, 
  he 
  said, 
  as 
  if 
  very 
  glad, 
  ' 
  Well, 
  I 
  am 
  satis- 
  

   fied. 
  I 
  have 
  taken 
  many 
  Montagnards 
  ; 
  my 
  friends 
  will 
  take 
  

   more 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  will 
  well 
  avenge 
  my 
  death.' 
  " 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  French 
  had 
  killed 
  many 
  Iroquois, 
  they 
  first 
  retal- 
  

   iated 
  in 
  1633, 
  when 
  they 
  killed 
  two 
  Frenchmen 
  and 
  wounded 
  

   four 
  more. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  30 
  or 
  40 
  Iroquois 
  boarded 
  a 
  French 
  

   shallop, 
  but 
  withdrew 
  when 
  aid 
  came. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  year 
  the 
  Senecas 
  defeated 
  the 
  Hurons 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  

   and 
  the 
  latter 
  promptly 
  made 
  peace 
  with 
  them 
  and 
  hoped 
  to 
  do 
  

   so 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  four 
  nations. 
  Negotiations 
  were 
  in 
  progress 
  

   the 
  following 
  year, 
  but 
  an 
  account 
  in 
  1636 
  shows 
  the 
  independent 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  nations. 
  A 
  young 
  Seneca 
  did 
  not 
  favor 
  

   this 
  peace, 
  and 
  married 
  among 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  that 
  he 
  might 
  have 
  

   liberty 
  to 
  continue 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  He 
  was 
  taken 
  prisoner 
  with 
  seven 
  

   others, 
  while 
  fishing 
  in 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  his 
  death 
  

   is 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  tragic 
  character, 
  bringing 
  out 
  some 
  curious 
  fea- 
  

   tures 
  of 
  aboriginal 
  life. 
  After 
  his 
  first 
  torture 
  he 
  was 
  treated 
  

   most 
  tenderly, 
  was 
  handsomely 
  dressed 
  and 
  presided 
  at 
  his 
  own 
  

   farewell 
  feast, 
  before 
  the 
  final 
  and 
  terrible 
  scene. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  

   sometimes 
  treated 
  their 
  own 
  captives 
  much 
  like 
  this, 
  but 
  usually 
  

   subjected 
  them 
  to 
  every 
  indignity 
  from 
  the 
  outset. 
  

  

  