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  oners, 
  and 
  there 
  Avere 
  other 
  fierce 
  encounters. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  at 
  

   Three 
  Rivers, 
  finding 
  unexpected 
  resistance, 
  sent 
  in 
  a 
  white 
  flag 
  

   with 
  proposals 
  of 
  peace, 
  a 
  favorite 
  scheme. 
  When 
  told 
  of 
  Father 
  

   Poncet's 
  captivity, 
  they 
  at 
  once 
  sent 
  orders 
  for 
  his 
  release. 
  Mean- 
  

   time, 
  the 
  Hurons 
  and 
  their 
  prisoners 
  fell 
  into 
  their 
  hands, 
  but 
  

   were 
  well 
  treated, 
  and 
  all 
  went 
  on 
  to 
  Quebec, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  

   the 
  Onondaga 
  deputies. 
  Andioura, 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  chief, 
  was 
  

   speaker 
  at 
  Quebec, 
  showing 
  the 
  presents 
  and 
  asking 
  that 
  a 
  French 
  

   settlement 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  country. 
  The 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  went 
  home 
  to 
  ratify 
  the 
  peace 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  land. 
  All 
  this 
  

   was 
  done 
  in 
  September, 
  but 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  promised 
  to 
  come 
  

   again 
  before 
  spring. 
  

  

  The 
  Mohawks 
  desired 
  by 
  this 
  treaty 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  Hurons 
  at 
  

   Quebec 
  for 
  themselves 
  and 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  did 
  the 
  same. 
  A 
  

   council 
  was 
  held 
  with 
  the 
  latter 
  Feb. 
  5, 
  1654, 
  affirming 
  the 
  peace, 
  

   but 
  the 
  desire 
  of 
  both 
  for 
  the 
  Hurons 
  again 
  clouded 
  the 
  prospect. 
  

   The 
  Hurons 
  feared 
  these 
  nations 
  most 
  and 
  their 
  mutual 
  jealousy. 
  

   They 
  thought 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  had 
  not 
  forgotten 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  34 
  

   men, 
  treacherously 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  fort, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  

   hoped 
  to 
  avenge 
  Aontarisati, 
  whom 
  they 
  had 
  burned. 
  This 
  

   business 
  was 
  deferred. 
  While 
  this 
  was 
  going 
  on> 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  

   seized 
  a 
  Frenchman 
  and 
  took 
  him 
  to 
  their 
  country, 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  

   soon 
  released 
  at 
  Garakontie"s 
  desire, 
  who 
  pledged 
  his 
  life 
  for 
  

   him. 
  Some 
  Tionontaties 
  and 
  Ottawas 
  had 
  taken 
  13 
  Senecas 
  and 
  

   others, 
  while 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  Montreal, 
  but 
  gave 
  their 
  captives 
  

   into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  Sagochiendaguete', 
  the 
  principal 
  man 
  of 
  the 
  

   Onondagas. 
  This 
  was 
  Garakontie', 
  often 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  council 
  name 
  in 
  virtue 
  of 
  his 
  office. 
  ' 
  

  

  Father 
  Simon 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  went 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  on 
  this 
  important 
  

   business, 
  leaving 
  Montreal 
  July 
  17, 
  1654, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  young 
  

   Frenchman 
  called 
  Jean 
  Baptiste. 
  Soon 
  after 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  came 
  

   down 
  and 
  objected 
  to 
  his 
  mission, 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  strong 
  jealousy 
  

   between 
  the 
  two 
  nations. 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  said 
  the}- 
  were 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  door 
  and 
  all 
  outside 
  business 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  through 
  

   them. 
  It 
  was 
  dangerous 
  for 
  the 
  French 
  to 
  come 
  through 
  the 
  

   central 
  chimney, 
  for 
  they 
  might 
  fall 
  into 
  the 
  great 
  council 
  fire. 
  

  

  