﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  ICH 
  

  

  called 
  to 
  supper, 
  and, 
  as 
  he 
  entered 
  the 
  lodge 
  of 
  the 
  Bears, 
  a 
  man 
  

   behind 
  the 
  door 
  killed 
  him 
  with 
  an 
  ax. 
  Thus 
  died 
  Ondessonk, 
  

   whose 
  virtues 
  and 
  sufferings 
  have 
  called 
  forth 
  the 
  admiration 
  of 
  

   all. 
  His 
  head 
  was 
  cut 
  off 
  and 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  wall, 
  and 
  his 
  com- 
  

   panion 
  shared 
  the 
  same 
  fate 
  next 
  morning, 
  their 
  bodies 
  being- 
  

   cast 
  into 
  the 
  river. 
  A 
  fine 
  shrine, 
  near 
  Auriesville, 
  now 
  marks 
  

   the 
  supposed 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  founder 
  of 
  the 
  Mission 
  of 
  

   the 
  Martyrs. 
  Following 
  this 
  came 
  a 
  more 
  determined 
  war 
  

   against 
  the 
  French. 
  

  

  Simon 
  Pieskaret 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  victims, 
  being 
  treacher- 
  

   ously 
  slain 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1647, 
  before 
  he 
  knew 
  that 
  peace 
  was 
  

   at 
  an 
  end. 
  Fie 
  was 
  the 
  noblest 
  and 
  most 
  renowned 
  Algonquin 
  

   warrior 
  of 
  that 
  day. 
  Colden 
  called 
  him 
  an 
  Adirondack, 
  and 
  told 
  

   some 
  stories 
  of 
  his 
  deeds. 
  He 
  went 
  with 
  four 
  others, 
  in 
  one 
  

   canoe, 
  against 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Each 
  man 
  had 
  three 
  muskets, 
  loaded 
  

   with 
  two 
  bullets 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  chain. 
  In 
  Sorel 
  river 
  they 
  

   met 
  five 
  Iroquois 
  canoes, 
  each 
  with 
  10 
  men. 
  The 
  Adirondacks 
  

   pretended 
  despair 
  till 
  they 
  were 
  quite 
  near, 
  when 
  they 
  all 
  fired 
  

   repeatedly 
  on 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  canoes, 
  sinking 
  every 
  one, 
  knocking 
  

   the 
  swimming 
  Iroquois 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  or 
  taking 
  them 
  prisoners. 
  

   This 
  seems 
  an 
  exaggeration 
  of 
  his 
  exploit 
  of 
  1645. 
  At 
  another 
  

   time 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  village, 
  killing 
  some 
  one 
  three 
  nights 
  

   following. 
  When 
  pursued, 
  he 
  kept 
  just 
  ahead 
  of 
  his 
  foes, 
  turning 
  

   and 
  scalping 
  them 
  all 
  while 
  asleep 
  at 
  night. 
  

  

  While 
  returning 
  in 
  1646 
  from 
  a 
  foray 
  17 
  Oneidas 
  encountered 
  

   a 
  canoe 
  with 
  30 
  Huron 
  warriors, 
  and 
  all 
  disembarked. 
  The 
  

   sticks 
  were 
  placed 
  as 
  usual 
  to 
  mark 
  each 
  man's 
  post 
  and 
  the 
  war 
  

   whoop 
  was 
  given. 
  Both 
  parties 
  thought 
  the 
  other 
  superior 
  in 
  

   force 
  and 
  both 
  took 
  flight, 
  the 
  sticks 
  remaining 
  when 
  the 
  war- 
  

   riors 
  were 
  gone. 
  An 
  escaping 
  prisoner 
  told 
  the 
  Hurons 
  of 
  their 
  

   mistake 
  and 
  some 
  pursued 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  taking 
  one 
  prisoner. 
  

  

  Fort 
  Richelieu 
  was 
  burned 
  this 
  year, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  many 
  

   hostile 
  acts 
  in 
  1647. 
  Some 
  French 
  shallops 
  were 
  attacked, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  everywhere, 
  but 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  again 
  talked 
  of 
  

   peace. 
  This 
  hardly 
  interrupted 
  hostilities, 
  and 
  an 
  encounter 
  took 
  

   place 
  between 
  the 
  Hurons 
  and 
  Iroquois, 
  near 
  Three 
  Rivers, 
  in 
  

  

  