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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  so 
  called 
  Jesuit 
  spring, 
  but 
  one 
  formerly 
  

   in 
  the 
  first 
  ward 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  The 
  Relation 
  says 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  

   salt 
  spring 
  near 
  the 
  mission. 
  When 
  rattlesnakes 
  were 
  described, 
  

   the 
  writer 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  know 
  r 
  not 
  if 
  the 
  serpents 
  are 
  attracted 
  by 
  

   the 
  salt 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  well 
  know 
  that 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  we 
  have 
  set 
  up 
  

   our 
  dwelling, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  beautiful 
  springs 
  of 
  fresh 
  water, 
  is 
  

   not 
  infested 
  by 
  them, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  lake.'' 
  

  

  A 
  redoubt 
  was 
  soon 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  soldiers, 
  and 
  around 
  it 
  " 
  the 
  

   fountains 
  of 
  fresh 
  water 
  were 
  in 
  abundance." 
  De 
  Nonville 
  said 
  

   that 
  the 
  60 
  French 
  included 
  12 
  soldiers 
  under 
  Dupuis, 
  and 
  that 
  

   they 
  left 
  four 
  bronze 
  cannon. 
  There 
  were 
  more 
  of 
  both. 
  

  

  The 
  trouble 
  betw 
  r 
  een 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Senecas 
  was 
  settled 
  by 
  

   arbitration 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1656, 
  this 
  being 
  an 
  early 
  Iroquois 
  

   principle. 
  ' 
  This 
  grand 
  council 
  w 
  r 
  as 
  held 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  July, 
  

   when 
  all 
  the 
  nations 
  referred 
  to 
  Achiendase' 
  (who 
  was 
  our 
  father 
  

   superior) 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Senecas, 
  which 
  was 
  very 
  

   soon 
  ended." 
  The 
  former 
  did 
  not 
  even 
  then 
  feel 
  quite 
  safe 
  from 
  

   their 
  allies, 
  for 
  next 
  year 
  they 
  asked 
  the 
  Dutch 
  for 
  a 
  refuge 
  for 
  

   their 
  families 
  if 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  and 
  horses 
  to 
  draw 
  pali- 
  

   sades 
  to 
  repair 
  their 
  forts. 
  

  

  Father 
  Garreau 
  was 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  in 
  Canada 
  in 
  1656 
  

   and 
  in 
  that 
  year 
  they 
  paraded 
  before 
  Quebec, 
  making 
  some 
  Can- 
  

   adian 
  Indian 
  prisoners 
  dance. 
  Meanwhile, 
  the 
  strife 
  for 
  the 
  

   Hurons 
  went 
  on. 
  The 
  Aloha 
  wks 
  carried 
  oft 
  some 
  near 
  Quebec, 
  

   killing 
  many 
  but 
  granting 
  peace 
  to 
  the 
  rest 
  on 
  condition 
  that 
  

   they 
  would 
  soon 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  country. 
  When 
  they 
  came 
  

   for 
  them, 
  the 
  Hurons 
  still 
  hesitated. 
  The 
  nation 
  of 
  the 
  Cord 
  

   refused 
  to 
  go, 
  but 
  the 
  Bears 
  went. 
  Those 
  of 
  the 
  Rock 
  would 
  go 
  

   to 
  Onondaga, 
  but 
  some 
  were 
  massacred 
  on 
  the 
  road. 
  

  

  Meanwhile, 
  Chaumonot 
  had 
  visited 
  the 
  Senecas 
  and 
  Oneidas, 
  

   and 
  missions 
  were 
  established 
  among 
  all 
  the 
  nations 
  except 
  the 
  

   Mohawks. 
  Father 
  Menard 
  had 
  a 
  mission 
  among 
  the 
  Cayugas, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  shore- 
  of 
  their 
  lake 
  David 
  Le 
  Moine 
  died. 
  He 
  was 
  

   a 
  donne, 
  or 
  one 
  specially 
  devoted 
  to 
  religious 
  work. 
  At 
  Onon- 
  

   'daga 
  lake 
  there 
  was 
  much 
  sickness 
  and 
  two 
  deaths 
  occurred. 
  

   The 
  Onondagas 
  came 
  to 
  comfort 
  the 
  French, 
  relieving 
  the 
  sick 
  

   and 
  covering 
  the 
  graves 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  with 
  speeches 
  and 
  presents. 
  

  

  