﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  1 
  97 
  

  

  women 
  being 
  reserved 
  to 
  populate 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  towns. 
  The 
  

   Neutral 
  nation 
  was 
  ruined, 
  terror 
  was 
  everywhere, 
  even 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tant 
  towns 
  were 
  abandoned, 
  and 
  multitudes 
  perished 
  in 
  the 
  

   woods. 
  In 
  this 
  terrible 
  scene 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  lost 
  all 
  fear, 
  and 
  were 
  

   everywhere 
  present 
  to 
  increase 
  its 
  horrors. 
  Hurons, 
  Neutrals 
  

   and 
  Tionontaties 
  fell 
  on 
  every 
  hand, 
  the 
  sight 
  of 
  one 
  Iroquois 
  

   putting 
  a 
  host 
  to 
  flight. 
  The 
  Montagnards 
  and 
  the 
  Algonquins 
  

   of 
  the 
  Ottawa 
  river 
  were 
  swept 
  away, 
  and 
  trade 
  was 
  ruined. 
  

  

  The 
  names 
  of 
  some 
  Neutral 
  towns 
  appear 
  in 
  earlier 
  Relations. 
  

   A 
  note 
  in 
  Charlevoix's 
  New 
  France 
  [i 
  : 
  271] 
  says 
  that 
  in 
  1650 
  the 
  

   Neutrals, 
  under 
  Tahontaenrat, 
  routed 
  600 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  killed 
  

   200. 
  The 
  Relations 
  say 
  nothing 
  of 
  this, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  

   Huron 
  tribe. 
  The 
  same 
  note 
  says 
  that 
  in 
  165 
  1 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   attacked 
  the 
  Neutrals 
  and 
  took 
  Te 
  Otondiatin. 
  Their 
  success 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  uniform. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  reverse 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  in 
  this 
  western 
  

   warfare 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  field 
  but 
  through 
  Huron 
  treachery. 
  

   This 
  was 
  long 
  remembered 
  and 
  fully 
  punished. 
  The 
  Hurons 
  had 
  

   a 
  fort 
  on 
  an 
  island, 
  and 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  built 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  mainland 
  

   opposite. 
  By 
  deceptive 
  acts 
  and 
  false 
  proposals 
  of 
  peace, 
  30 
  of 
  

   the 
  bravest 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  decoyed 
  into 
  the 
  Huron 
  fort 
  and 
  slain. 
  

   The 
  survivors 
  went 
  away 
  for 
  aid 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Hurons 
  fled, 
  

   those 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  being 
  soon 
  destroyed. 
  When 
  one 
  reads 
  the 
  

   history 
  of 
  those 
  three 
  years, 
  one 
  can 
  appreciate 
  the 
  feelings 
  of 
  

   the 
  missionaries 
  when 
  they 
  said 
  they 
  would 
  do 
  all 
  they 
  could, 
  

   " 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  rage 
  of 
  hell, 
  and 
  the 
  cruelties 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  

   who 
  are 
  worse 
  than 
  the 
  demons 
  of 
  hell." 
  

  

  Three 
  powerful 
  nations 
  being 
  now 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   soon 
  came 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  others 
  north 
  and 
  west. 
  Idle 
  stories 
  of 
  

   earlier 
  treaties 
  with 
  the 
  Ottawas 
  and 
  Ojibwas 
  scarcely 
  deserve 
  

   mention, 
  though 
  some 
  have 
  given 
  credence 
  to 
  them. 
  If 
  they 
  

   have 
  any 
  foundation, 
  the 
  date 
  must 
  be 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  Huron 
  con- 
  

   quest, 
  the 
  immediate 
  effects 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  great. 
  Among 
  others 
  

   the 
  Attikamegues, 
  or 
  White 
  Fish 
  nation 
  of 
  the 
  nortlrwest, 
  was 
  

   thrice 
  invaded, 
  and 
  the 
  women 
  and 
  children 
  carried 
  off 
  " 
  to 
  the 
  

   land 
  of 
  fires 
  and 
  flames." 
  

  

  