﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  200, 
  

  

  The 
  Mohawks 
  now 
  plotted 
  their 
  ruin. 
  The 
  Onondagas, 
  at 
  first 
  

   enthusiastic 
  over 
  their 
  new 
  friends, 
  became 
  lukewarm 
  and 
  then 
  

   secretly 
  hostile, 
  though 
  the 
  French 
  afterward 
  had 
  no 
  doubt 
  of 
  

   their 
  sincerity 
  at 
  first. 
  The 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  colony 
  was 
  deter- 
  

   mined, 
  but 
  was 
  delayed 
  by 
  two 
  causes. 
  Garakontie' 
  favored 
  the 
  

   French 
  and 
  postponed 
  their 
  surprise 
  under 
  various 
  pretexts, 
  

   probably 
  even 
  giving 
  them 
  warning. 
  Besides 
  this, 
  a 
  large 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  under 
  restraint 
  at 
  Montreal, 
  and 
  the 
  blow 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  struck 
  till 
  these 
  were 
  safe. 
  With 
  hints 
  of 
  the 
  plot, 
  

   the 
  French 
  made 
  shrewd 
  preparations. 
  It 
  was 
  winter, 
  and 
  all 
  

   the 
  missionaries 
  were 
  called 
  in. 
  Some 
  colonists 
  and 
  soldiers 
  had 
  

   returned 
  to 
  Canada. 
  The 
  rest 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  making 
  boats 
  in 
  

   the 
  garret 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  house. 
  Charlevoix 
  varies 
  much 
  from 
  the 
  

   Relation 
  in 
  minor 
  details. 
  The 
  colony 
  had 
  four 
  Algonquin 
  and 
  

   four 
  Iroquois 
  canoes 
  and 
  built 
  two 
  b.ateaux, 
  each 
  large 
  enough 
  

   for 
  15 
  men. 
  In 
  'this 
  little 
  fleet 
  53 
  persons 
  were 
  to 
  embark. 
  

  

  In 
  due 
  time 
  a 
  feast 
  w 
  r 
  as 
  proclaimed, 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  held 
  

   outside 
  of 
  the 
  mission, 
  in 
  the 
  cabins 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  where 
  

   some 
  had 
  been 
  made, 
  the 
  town 
  being 
  nearly 
  15 
  miles 
  away. 
  If 
  

   held 
  within, 
  great 
  precautions 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  taken. 
  During 
  

   the 
  noise 
  of 
  the 
  feast, 
  the 
  boats 
  were 
  carried 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  door 
  

   of 
  the 
  stockade, 
  launched 
  and 
  loaded. 
  The 
  guests 
  were 
  dis- 
  

   missed, 
  and, 
  when 
  all 
  were 
  asleep, 
  the 
  fort 
  was 
  evacuated, 
  on 
  the 
  

   night 
  of 
  Mar. 
  20, 
  1658. 
  A 
  fearful 
  journey 
  it 
  was 
  through 
  the 
  

   freezing 
  lake, 
  down 
  the 
  river, 
  over 
  the 
  portage 
  at 
  the 
  falls 
  and 
  

   through 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  At 
  its 
  foot 
  they 
  cut 
  their 
  way 
  through 
  

   the 
  ice. 
  In 
  running 
  the 
  rapids 
  three 
  men 
  were 
  drowned, 
  but 
  the 
  

   rest 
  reached 
  Montreal, 
  Ap. 
  3, 
  where 
  the 
  ice 
  had 
  just 
  gone 
  out. 
  

   All 
  through 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  marvelous 
  deliverance, 
  and 
  their 
  disap- 
  

   pearance 
  greatly 
  astonished 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  who 
  waited 
  till 
  the 
  

   next 
  night 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  come 
  forth, 
  wondering 
  at 
  their 
  long 
  

   silence. 
  At 
  Montreal 
  they 
  were 
  hailed 
  as 
  men 
  from 
  the 
  dead. 
  

  

  In 
  that 
  year 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  sent 
  a 
  large 
  party 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  upper 
  

   Iroquois 
  against 
  the 
  Ottawas, 
  who 
  had 
  killed 
  30 
  of 
  their 
  men 
  the 
  

   year 
  before. 
  Their 
  leader 
  was 
  Tecarihoguen, 
  head 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mohawks. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  upper 
  lakes 
  were 
  lined 
  with 
  Algon- 
  

  

  