﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  201 
  

  

  On 
  this 
  they 
  were 
  promised 
  a 
  visit 
  from 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  if 
  they 
  could 
  

   overtake 
  him, 
  but 
  they 
  failed 
  in 
  this. 
  

  

  The 
  journal 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  interest, 
  describing 
  the 
  upper 
  St 
  Law- 
  

   rence 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time. 
  Like 
  some 
  later 
  writers, 
  he 
  included 
  

   the 
  Thousand 
  Islands 
  in 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  At 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Sal- 
  

   mon 
  river 
  he 
  found 
  a 
  village 
  of 
  captive 
  Hurons, 
  among 
  them 
  many 
  

   old 
  friends. 
  They 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  Onondagas. 
  Thence 
  he 
  

   crossed 
  the 
  country 
  to 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  where 
  was 
  an 
  

   Onondaga 
  fishing 
  village. 
  Small 
  hamlets 
  lay 
  beyond. 
  From 
  

   the 
  lake 
  his 
  course 
  was 
  due 
  south 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  then 
  a 
  large 
  town 
  

   on 
  Indian 
  hill, 
  2 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Manlius 
  village. 
  There 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  

   grand 
  reception 
  and 
  was 
  lodged 
  in 
  Garakontie"s 
  house. 
  He 
  was 
  

   used 
  to 
  Indian 
  ways 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  general 
  favorite. 
  His 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  the 
  Huron 
  tongue 
  was 
  useful 
  here, 
  for 
  it 
  was 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  

   Mohawk. 
  At 
  first 
  called 
  Ouane 
  by 
  the 
  Hurons, 
  he 
  had 
  suc- 
  

   ceeded 
  to 
  Jogues's 
  name 
  of 
  Ondessonk. 
  

  

  He 
  reached 
  Onondaga 
  Aug. 
  5, 
  entering 
  the 
  town 
  singing 
  the 
  

   ambassador's 
  song 
  and 
  receiving 
  addresses 
  of 
  welcome. 
  He 
  was 
  

   delighted 
  to 
  meet 
  old 
  Huron 
  friends 
  and, 
  when 
  the 
  council 
  met, 
  

   Aug. 
  10, 
  he 
  presented 
  his 
  19 
  belts, 
  speaking 
  for 
  two 
  hours 
  in 
  a 
  

   chief's 
  tone 
  and 
  manner. 
  In 
  his 
  speech 
  he 
  bewailed 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  

   Annenraes, 
  taken 
  and 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  Eries. 
  This 
  Onondaga 
  chief 
  

   was 
  once 
  a 
  prisoner 
  to 
  the 
  Hurons. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  way 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  had 
  baptized 
  several 
  

   children. 
  His 
  first 
  adult 
  baptism 
  there 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  captive 
  Neutral 
  

   girl. 
  Colden 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  no 
  slaves, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  

   often 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Relations 
  and 
  their 
  treatment 
  described. 
  

   They 
  were 
  absolutely 
  at 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  their 
  masters. 
  Just 
  before 
  

   Le 
  Moyne 
  left 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  convert 
  of 
  importance, 
  baptizing 
  Ochiona- 
  

   gueras 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Jean 
  Baptiste. 
  He 
  was 
  the 
  leader 
  of 
  the 
  

   army 
  against 
  the 
  Eries 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  Onondaga 
  adult 
  baptized. 
  

  

  Le 
  Moyne 
  began 
  his 
  return 
  Aug. 
  15, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  parting 
  

   ceremonies. 
  The 
  village 
  was 
  nearly 
  15 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  salt 
  

   springs, 
  which 
  were 
  reached 
  next 
  day. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   did 
  not 
  use 
  salt 
  and 
  they 
  thought 
  the 
  springs 
  were 
  inhabited 
  by 
  

   some 
  demon. 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  boiled 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  made 
  salt, 
  carry- 
  

  

  