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  88 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  saw, 
  I 
  killed, 
  I 
  took 
  captive, 
  I 
  brought 
  home 
  ; 
  behold 
  them 
  pres- 
  

   ent. 
  I 
  enter 
  into 
  your 
  thoughts 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  good." 
  Such 
  a 
  sen- 
  

   tentious 
  speech 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  famous 
  in 
  Greece 
  or 
  Rome. 
  

   He 
  gave 
  the 
  prisoners 
  to 
  the 
  governor, 
  and 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  

   surprised 
  at 
  being- 
  delivered 
  from 
  death. 
  

  

  These 
  were 
  retained 
  at 
  Three 
  Rivers, 
  and 
  Tokhrahenehiaron, 
  

   who 
  had 
  been 
  held 
  as 
  a 
  prisoner 
  through 
  the 
  winter, 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  to 
  see- 
  if 
  they 
  wished 
  peace. 
  July 
  5, 
  1645, 
  three 
  

   Mohawk 
  chiefs 
  came 
  to 
  Three 
  Rivers 
  with 
  William 
  Couture, 
  

   who 
  had 
  been 
  captured 
  with 
  Jogues 
  and 
  who 
  now 
  served 
  as 
  inter- 
  

   preter. 
  The 
  principal 
  chief 
  was 
  Kiotsaeton, 
  who 
  brought 
  17 
  

   wampum 
  belts. 
  A 
  peace 
  council 
  was 
  held 
  July 
  12, 
  and 
  this 
  has 
  

   been 
  minutely 
  described. 
  Peace 
  was 
  agreed 
  on, 
  and 
  the 
  deputies 
  

   went 
  home. 
  Other 
  deputies 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  Canada 
  with 
  18 
  belts, 
  

   and 
  another 
  council 
  was 
  held, 
  Sep. 
  17 
  to 
  20. 
  Peace 
  was 
  con- 
  

   cluded, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  saying 
  that 
  the 
  dead 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  now 
  

   avenged, 
  for 
  " 
  a 
  living 
  man 
  is 
  worth 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  many 
  dead." 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  lively 
  account 
  one 
  speech 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  council 
  may 
  be 
  

   noted. 
  Kiotsaeton 
  wished 
  the 
  French 
  to 
  eat 
  with 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  

   in 
  their 
  own 
  land, 
  telling 
  of 
  its 
  many 
  good 
  things 
  and 
  adding',. 
  

   " 
  Leave 
  these 
  stinking 
  pigs 
  which 
  run 
  around 
  your 
  habitations,, 
  

   which 
  eat 
  nothing 
  but 
  what 
  is 
  filthy, 
  and 
  come 
  and 
  eat 
  of 
  good 
  

   victuals 
  with 
  us." 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  second 
  council 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  curious 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  

   Oneidas, 
  who 
  were 
  bitter 
  enemies 
  of 
  the 
  Hurons 
  : 
  

  

  A 
  village 
  named 
  Ononjote', 
  incensed 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  degree 
  against 
  

   the 
  Hurons, 
  because 
  these 
  people 
  in 
  a 
  combat 
  killed 
  almost 
  all 
  

   the 
  men 
  of 
  this 
  village, 
  which 
  was 
  constrained 
  to 
  send 
  to 
  ask 
  

   the 
  Iroquois, 
  named 
  Agnerronons, 
  with 
  whom 
  they 
  had 
  made 
  

   peace, 
  for 
  some 
  men 
  to 
  be 
  married 
  to 
  the 
  girls 
  and 
  women 
  who 
  

   had 
  remained 
  without 
  husbands, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  nation 
  should 
  

   not 
  perish. 
  This 
  is 
  why 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  name 
  this 
  village 
  their 
  child. 
  

  

  A 
  striking 
  scene 
  ended 
  this 
  important 
  council 
  : 
  

  

  This 
  discourse 
  finished, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  set 
  himself 
  to 
  sing 
  and 
  

   dance, 
  he 
  took 
  a 
  Frenchman 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  and 
  

   Huron 
  on 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  holding 
  them 
  embraced 
  with 
  his 
  arms, 
  

   they 
  danced 
  in 
  cadence, 
  and 
  sang 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  voice 
  a 
  song 
  of 
  

   peace. 
  

  

  