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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  At 
  Montreal 
  they 
  embarked 
  in 
  20 
  canoes, 
  leaving 
  there 
  June 
  

   8. 
  A 
  large 
  flag 
  of 
  white 
  taffeta, 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Jesus, 
  floated 
  

   over 
  one 
  of 
  these. 
  Some 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  encountered, 
  whom 
  the 
  

   Onondagas, 
  their 
  kindred, 
  reviled 
  and 
  plundered. 
  Hunger 
  

   pressed 
  the 
  party 
  sorely, 
  July 
  3, 
  but 
  they 
  hoped 
  for 
  relief 
  at 
  

   Otiatonnehengue', 
  the 
  fishing 
  village 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Salmon 
  

   river. 
  No 
  one 
  was 
  there, 
  the 
  fishing 
  season 
  being 
  over, 
  and 
  

   from 
  their 
  distress 
  the 
  place 
  was 
  long 
  known 
  as 
  La 
  Famine. 
  

   Charlevoix 
  connected 
  this 
  name 
  with 
  De 
  la 
  Barre's 
  camp 
  there, 
  

   but 
  it 
  appeared 
  before 
  that 
  time. 
  

  

  Out 
  of 
  14 
  Indians 
  but 
  five 
  remained 
  with 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  party 
  

   struggled 
  on, 
  contending 
  with 
  the 
  waves 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  the 
  

   rapids 
  of 
  Oswego 
  river, 
  hungry 
  and 
  faint 
  all 
  the 
  way. 
  At 
  

   Oswego 
  Falls 
  there 
  came 
  welcome 
  relief. 
  Salmon 
  filled 
  the 
  

   river 
  and 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  sent 
  them 
  food. 
  Brimming 
  kettles 
  were 
  

   set 
  over 
  the 
  fires. 
  They 
  reveled 
  in 
  their 
  abundant 
  supplies 
  and 
  

   rejoiced, 
  for 
  " 
  one 
  fair 
  day 
  effaces 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  ten 
  which 
  are 
  

   bad." 
  Pleasantly 
  they 
  ascended 
  the 
  broad 
  and 
  beautiful 
  stream, 
  

   entering 
  Onondaga 
  lake, 
  July 
  11, 
  firing 
  their 
  five 
  small 
  cannon 
  and 
  

   advancing 
  in 
  ranks 
  of 
  four 
  canoes. 
  They 
  were 
  joyfully 
  received 
  

   by 
  the 
  assembled 
  multitudes, 
  and 
  the 
  fortified 
  mission 
  of 
  St 
  Mary 
  

   of 
  Gannentaa 
  was 
  soon 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  lake. 
  

  

  The 
  colonists 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Canada 
  differed 
  in 
  the 
  appro- 
  

   priation 
  of 
  land. 
  The 
  former 
  purchased 
  land 
  at 
  a 
  nominal 
  price, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  took 
  what 
  they 
  wanted. 
  In 
  the 
  allied 
  documents 
  of 
  

   Burrows's 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  Jesuit 
  Relations 
  is 
  a 
  translation 
  of 
  a 
  

   deed 
  given 
  by 
  Governor 
  Lauson 
  to 
  the 
  Jesuits 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  There 
  

   was 
  granted 
  and 
  given 
  to 
  them 
  : 
  

  

  Ten 
  leagues 
  of 
  space 
  in 
  every 
  direction 
  — 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  ten 
  

   leagues 
  front 
  and 
  ten 
  leagues 
  depth, 
  — 
  and 
  where 
  they 
  shall 
  

   choose 
  to 
  establish 
  themselves 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Irocois 
  

   called 
  Onondageoronons, 
  be 
  it 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Onnon- 
  

   dage, 
  or 
  at 
  Gannentae, 
  or 
  as 
  is 
  said,, 
  in 
  that 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  

   shall 
  judge 
  most 
  convenient 
  to 
  them, 
  the 
  said 
  space 
  and 
  extent 
  

   of 
  ten 
  leagues 
  square 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  possessed 
  by 
  the 
  said 
  reverend 
  

   Jesuit 
  fathers, 
  their 
  successors 
  and 
  assigns, 
  in 
  freehold 
  forever. 
  

  

  The 
  Onondaga 
  town 
  lay 
  within 
  this 
  space, 
  and 
  its 
  people 
  

  

  