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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  ing 
  some 
  to 
  Quebec. 
  Through 
  an 
  error 
  in 
  quotation 
  a 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  this 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  10 
  years 
  earlier. 
  The 
  

   Kirkpatrick 
  fountain, 
  near 
  the 
  spot, 
  will 
  commemorate 
  this 
  event. 
  

  

  Le 
  Moyne 
  was 
  now 
  on 
  new 
  waters 
  and 
  his 
  passage 
  down 
  the 
  

   Oswego 
  river 
  the 
  earliest 
  recorded 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  man, 
  Champlain 
  

   not 
  having 
  reached 
  that 
  stream, 
  and 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  not 
  having 
  landed 
  

   at 
  Oswego, 
  as 
  many 
  have 
  supposed. 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  was 
  now 
  

   called 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  the 
  missionary 
  followed 
  its 
  

   shore 
  to 
  Salmon 
  river, 
  arriving 
  there 
  Aug. 
  23. 
  He 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  We 
  

   arrive 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  which 
  they 
  destine 
  for 
  our 
  house, 
  and 
  a 
  French 
  

   settlement. 
  There 
  are 
  charming 
  prairies, 
  good 
  fishing, 
  an 
  access 
  

   for 
  all 
  nations." 
  

  

  From 
  his 
  journal 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  seems 
  uneventful, 
  but 
  

   Charlevoix 
  said 
  he 
  suppressed 
  one 
  important 
  particular, 
  lest 
  it 
  

   should 
  lead 
  to 
  trouble. 
  He 
  said 
  that 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  had 
  with 
  him 
  two 
  

   Onondagas, 
  some 
  Hurons 
  and 
  Algonquins, 
  who 
  were 
  surrounded 
  

   by 
  Mohawk 
  canoes, 
  when 
  near 
  Montreal, 
  and 
  fired 
  on. 
  The 
  Hu- 
  

   rons, 
  Algonquins 
  and 
  one 
  Onondaga, 
  were 
  killed 
  and 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  

   made 
  a 
  prisoner. 
  The 
  surviving 
  Onondaga 
  was 
  told 
  he 
  might 
  

   go 
  home, 
  but 
  he 
  refused 
  to 
  abandon 
  his 
  charge 
  and 
  threatened 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  with 
  the 
  wrath 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Iroquois. 
  They 
  

   relented, 
  and 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  took 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  to 
  Montreal. 
  Mother 
  

   Mary 
  of 
  the 
  Incarnation 
  said 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  threw 
  the 
  blame 
  on 
  

   the 
  Dutch 
  Bastard. 
  The 
  story 
  is 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  improbable, 
  the 
  

   Onondagas 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  passed 
  over 
  such 
  an 
  affront 
  lightly, 
  

   nor 
  would 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  have 
  visited 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  the 
  following 
  

   year. 
  

  

  One 
  interesting 
  feature 
  of 
  this 
  visit 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  was 
  the 
  

   recovery 
  of 
  Brebeuf's 
  New 
  Testament 
  and 
  Garnier's 
  book 
  of 
  

   devotions, 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  were 
  active 
  in 
  the 
  Huron 
  

   tragedy. 
  They 
  also 
  had 
  Huron, 
  Neutral 
  and 
  Petun 
  captives. 
  

  

  The 
  Erie 
  war 
  increased 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  arms 
  and 
  ammunition; 
  

   and, 
  lest 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  should 
  get 
  these 
  of 
  the 
  English, 
  the 
  Dutch 
  

   ordered 
  Rutger 
  Johnson 
  to 
  furnish 
  them 
  sparingly 
  and 
  secretly. 
  

   The 
  Eries 
  were 
  called 
  Rique' 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  Eriee' 
  by 
  the 
  

   Hurons, 
  not 
  as 
  pronounced 
  by 
  us. 
  Their 
  exact 
  location 
  is 
  uncer- 
  

   tain; 
  but, 
  as 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  carried 
  their 
  canoes 
  to 
  their 
  towns, 
  

  

  