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  which 
  the 
  latter 
  were 
  defeated 
  with 
  much 
  loss. 
  As 
  a 
  result, 
  the 
  

   French 
  rejoiced 
  to 
  see 
  60 
  Huron 
  canoes 
  in 
  the 
  river, 
  laden 
  with 
  

   furs, 
  though 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  troublesome. 
  About 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  

   French 
  asked 
  Massachusetts 
  to 
  aid 
  them 
  against 
  the 
  Mohawks. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  1647 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  band, 
  on 
  the 
  Huron 
  frontier, 
  was 
  

   pursued 
  with 
  serious 
  loss. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  captives 
  threw 
  himself 
  into 
  

   a 
  great 
  kettle 
  of 
  boiling 
  water 
  to 
  escape 
  the 
  tortures 
  reserved 
  for 
  

   some. 
  Annenraes, 
  a 
  noted 
  chief, 
  was 
  spared, 
  but 
  toward 
  spring 
  

   he 
  was 
  again 
  in 
  danger 
  and 
  was 
  aided 
  to 
  escape 
  by 
  the 
  Huron 
  

   chiefs. 
  On 
  the 
  southern 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  he 
  found 
  300 
  

   Onondagas 
  making 
  canoes, 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  cross 
  to 
  avenge 
  his 
  death. 
  

   There 
  were 
  already 
  800 
  Cayugas 
  and 
  Senecas 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  aid 
  

   them. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  gave 
  up 
  their 
  warlike 
  plans 
  and 
  returned 
  

   home, 
  sending 
  a 
  peace 
  embassy 
  from 
  their 
  towns 
  to 
  the 
  Hurons. 
  

   The 
  Senecas 
  continued 
  their 
  march 
  and 
  destroyed 
  a 
  town 
  of 
  the 
  

   Aondironnons, 
  a 
  Neutral 
  village 
  nearest 
  of 
  all 
  to 
  the 
  Hurons. 
  

   The 
  Neutrals 
  did 
  not 
  resent 
  this 
  act, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  Senecas 
  had 
  

   some 
  excuse. 
  The 
  independent 
  character 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  

   Nations 
  appears 
  again. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  treated 
  of 
  peace 
  ; 
  the 
  

   Mohawks 
  and 
  Senecas 
  kept 
  the 
  field. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1647 
  tne 
  Hurons 
  sent 
  deputies 
  to 
  the 
  Andastes 
  

   dwelling 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  Susquehanna 
  and 
  Delaware, 
  in 
  response 
  

   to 
  an 
  offer 
  of 
  aid 
  made 
  by 
  them. 
  They 
  were 
  in 
  despair 
  and 
  asked 
  

   these 
  kinsmen 
  to 
  hear 
  "the 
  voice 
  of 
  their 
  dying 
  father 
  land.'' 
  

   They 
  were 
  several 
  weeks 
  on 
  their 
  way, 
  arriving 
  early 
  in 
  June 
  

   with 
  their 
  pathetic 
  tale 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  speech 
  that 
  Charles 
  Ondaaiondiont 
  made 
  at 
  his 
  arrival 
  

   was 
  not 
  long. 
  He 
  told 
  them 
  that 
  he 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  the 
  

   Souls, 
  where 
  war 
  and 
  the 
  terrors 
  of 
  the 
  enemy 
  had 
  laid 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  waste, 
  where 
  the 
  fields 
  were 
  covered 
  only 
  with 
  blood, 
  

   where 
  the 
  cabins 
  were 
  filled 
  only 
  with 
  corpses, 
  and 
  that 
  there 
  

   remained 
  to 
  them 
  no 
  life 
  except 
  what 
  was 
  needed 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  tell 
  

   their 
  friends 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  have 
  pity 
  on 
  a 
  land 
  that 
  was 
  draw- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  its 
  end. 
  

  

  The 
  Onondaga 
  proposals 
  gave 
  the 
  Hurons 
  some 
  hope, 
  but 
  the 
  

   deputies 
  from 
  that 
  nation 
  found 
  a 
  people 
  divided 
  in 
  opinion. 
  

   Several 
  councils 
  were 
  held 
  before 
  they 
  agreed 
  to 
  send 
  ambassa- 
  

  

  