﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  195 
  

  

  the 
  town 
  before 
  the 
  people 
  awoke. 
  There 
  was 
  some 
  resistance, 
  

   10 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  being 
  slain, 
  but 
  out 
  of 
  400 
  inhabitants 
  only 
  

   three 
  escaped. 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  at 
  daybreak. 
  At 
  sunrise 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  attacked 
  the 
  

   mission 
  of 
  St 
  Louis, 
  a 
  fortified 
  town 
  a 
  league 
  away. 
  Most 
  of 
  

   the 
  people 
  had 
  fled, 
  but 
  80 
  warriors 
  bravely 
  defended 
  the 
  place, 
  

   killing 
  30 
  of 
  their 
  foes. 
  Axes 
  were 
  plied 
  against 
  the 
  stockade, 
  

   a 
  breach 
  was 
  made, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  rushed 
  in 
  and 
  the 
  defenders 
  

   were 
  slain. 
  Having 
  burned 
  the 
  town, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  returned 
  to 
  

   St 
  Ignace 
  and 
  refreshed 
  themselves. 
  Then 
  they 
  reconnoitered 
  

   the 
  fortified 
  French 
  mission 
  house, 
  intending 
  an 
  attack 
  with 
  200 
  

   men, 
  but 
  were 
  deterred 
  by 
  its 
  strength. 
  A 
  party 
  of 
  300 
  Hurons 
  

   intercepted 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  17th, 
  but 
  the 
  vanguard 
  

   quickly 
  fled. 
  The 
  main 
  body 
  stood 
  firm 
  and 
  captured 
  30 
  Iro- 
  

   quois, 
  but 
  were 
  beaten 
  in 
  turn. 
  The 
  furious 
  combat 
  lasted 
  into 
  

   the 
  night. 
  On 
  the 
  19th 
  the 
  enemy 
  had 
  disappeared, 
  but 
  terror 
  

   and 
  desolation 
  remained. 
  

  

  Brebeuf 
  and 
  Gabriel 
  Lalemant 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  St 
  Louis, 
  stripped 
  

   naked 
  and 
  carried 
  to 
  St 
  Ignace, 
  where 
  they 
  suffered 
  terribly. 
  

   Brebeuf 
  had 
  red 
  hot 
  axes 
  hung 
  about 
  him, 
  some 
  telling 
  him 
  that 
  

   they 
  did 
  this 
  out 
  of 
  kindness, 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  his 
  sufferings 
  here 
  

   the 
  greater 
  would 
  be 
  his 
  glory 
  hereafter, 
  and 
  indeed 
  his 
  fortitude 
  

   made 
  a 
  lasting 
  impression 
  on 
  foes 
  and 
  friends. 
  Hot 
  water 
  was 
  

   poured 
  on 
  both 
  in 
  derision 
  of 
  baptism. 
  This 
  torture 
  Brebeuf 
  

   endured 
  for 
  three 
  hours 
  and 
  Lalemant 
  for 
  double 
  that 
  time. 
  

   Some 
  Hurons 
  were 
  bound 
  and 
  burned 
  in 
  the 
  houses, 
  the 
  whole 
  

   town 
  being 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  Hope 
  was 
  lost 
  and 
  famine 
  followed. 
  The 
  Hurons 
  abandoned 
  

   five 
  strong 
  towns. 
  One 
  town, 
  that 
  of 
  Scanonaenrat, 
  surrendered 
  

   and 
  removed 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  where 
  it 
  long 
  had 
  a 
  separate 
  exist- 
  

   ence. 
  Many 
  families 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  neighboring 
  nations, 
  as 
  the 
  

   Petuns, 
  Neutrals 
  and 
  Eries, 
  only 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  experience 
  

   again. 
  Some 
  sought 
  the 
  islands 
  and 
  woods, 
  multitudes 
  perishing 
  

   in 
  the 
  wilderness. 
  Part 
  determined 
  to 
  take 
  refuge 
  with 
  the 
  

   French 
  at 
  Quebec. 
  The 
  missionaries 
  burned 
  their 
  house, 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  those 
  who 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  islands 
  and 
  the 
  Petuns, 
  and 
  the 
  land 
  

  

  