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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  accords 
  with 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  before 
  this 
  they 
  left 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   Erie 
  to 
  seek 
  homes 
  less 
  exposed 
  to 
  their 
  foes. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  

   their 
  warlike 
  character 
  made 
  them 
  dreaded 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  who 
  

   were 
  inclined 
  to 
  the 
  French 
  by 
  this 
  fear. 
  Few 
  or 
  many, 
  they 
  

   were 
  brave. 
  As 
  the 
  birthplace 
  of 
  a 
  captive 
  to 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Gentaieton, 
  the 
  chief 
  Erie 
  town,, 
  alone 
  has 
  come 
  down 
  

   to 
  us. 
  

  

  In 
  1655 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  was 
  well 
  received. 
  

   Both 
  Seneca 
  and 
  Onondaga 
  ambassadors 
  were 
  in 
  Canada 
  that 
  

   year, 
  which 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  journey 
  of 
  Fathers 
  Joseph 
  Chaumonot 
  

   and 
  Claude 
  Dablon 
  to 
  Onondaga, 
  where 
  a 
  firm 
  alliance 
  was 
  made 
  

   and 
  a 
  place 
  selected 
  for 
  a 
  colony, 
  this 
  being 
  changed 
  from 
  Salmon 
  

   river 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  lake. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  missionaries 
  were 
  received 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  stately 
  

   Iroquois 
  ceremonies 
  for 
  ambassadors, 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  left 
  graphic 
  

   accounts 
  of 
  these. 
  As 
  in 
  many 
  other 
  cases, 
  Garakontie', 
  the 
  head 
  

   chief 
  and 
  always 
  their 
  host, 
  was 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  council 
  

   name. 
  Nov. 
  7, 
  1655. 
  " 
  It 
  was 
  told 
  the 
  Father 
  in 
  this 
  assembly, 
  

   first 
  that 
  [S] 
  Agochiendaguete', 
  who 
  is 
  as 
  the 
  great 
  king 
  of 
  all 
  

   the 
  country, 
  and 
  Onnontio 
  were 
  equally 
  firm 
  and 
  constant 
  in 
  their 
  

   decisions." 
  The 
  French 
  superior 
  of 
  missions 
  was 
  called 
  Achi- 
  

   endase' 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  missionaries 
  had 
  Indian 
  

   names, 
  which 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  others 
  when 
  they 
  died. 
  Curiously 
  

   enough, 
  Mr 
  J. 
  G. 
  Shea 
  thought 
  Garakontie' 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  principal 
  

   chief 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  a 
  nephew 
  of 
  Sagochiendaguete'. 
  This 
  

   came 
  from 
  a 
  confusion 
  of 
  names. 
  

  

  Nov. 
  18 
  a 
  chapel 
  was 
  built, 
  of 
  which 
  Dablon 
  said, 
  " 
  For 
  mar- 
  

   bles 
  and 
  precious 
  stones 
  we 
  had 
  but 
  bark 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  heaven 
  

   is 
  as 
  open 
  through 
  a 
  roof 
  of 
  bark 
  as 
  through 
  fretted 
  ceilings 
  of 
  

   silver 
  and 
  gold.'' 
  The 
  mission 
  was 
  named 
  St 
  John 
  Baptist. 
  

  

  The 
  speeches 
  and 
  songs 
  in 
  the 
  council 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  were 
  fully 
  

   recorded 
  by 
  Dablon, 
  Garakontie' 
  intoning 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  It 
  

   was 
  a 
  beautiful 
  land 
  which 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  to 
  inhabit. 
  The 
  

   news 
  of 
  their 
  coming 
  was 
  good 
  and 
  their 
  speech 
  heavenly. 
  Yery 
  

   welcome 
  were 
  these 
  brethren 
  of 
  the 
  delightful 
  voice. 
  Farewell 
  

   to 
  war 
  and 
  all 
  its 
  horrors. 
  Both 
  parties 
  had 
  been 
  mad, 
  but 
  were 
  

   now 
  brothers. 
  The 
  great 
  peace 
  was 
  made, 
  everything 
  was 
  beau- 
  

  

  