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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  extending 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  Tadoussac 
  to 
  Montreal. 
  At 
  the 
  latter 
  

  

  place 
  160 
  Iroquois 
  appeared 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  winter 
  and 
  continued 
  

  

  their 
  attacks 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1661. 
  To 
  the 
  French 
  at 
  

  

  Three 
  Rivers 
  " 
  it 
  was 
  evil 
  upon 
  evil, 
  and 
  sorrow 
  upon 
  sorrow." 
  

  

  To 
  this 
  were 
  added 
  the 
  terrors 
  of 
  the 
  comet 
  and 
  earthquake. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Ottawa 
  river 
  and 
  Lake 
  Huron 
  not 
  an 
  Indian 
  could 
  be 
  

  

  found, 
  so 
  great 
  was 
  the 
  fear 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  At 
  Quebec 
  the 
  

  

  brave 
  M. 
  de 
  Lauson 
  was 
  killed, 
  and 
  in 
  words 
  of 
  that 
  date, 
  " 
  the 
  

  

  Iroquois 
  burned, 
  killed 
  and 
  carried 
  off 
  with 
  impunity." 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  a 
  gloomy 
  time 
  ; 
  but, 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  these 
  trials, 
  two 
  

  

  Iroquois 
  canoes 
  came 
  to 
  Montreal 
  in 
  July 
  1661, 
  bearing 
  a 
  white 
  

  

  flag 
  and 
  peace 
  proposals 
  from 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Cayugas. 
  

  

  Saonchiogwa, 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  chief 
  and 
  friend 
  of 
  the 
  French, 
  was 
  the 
  

  

  speaker. 
  He 
  brought 
  back 
  four 
  prisoners 
  from 
  Onondaga, 
  as 
  

  

  pledges 
  of 
  their 
  sincerity 
  and 
  would 
  restore 
  others. 
  The 
  release 
  

  

  of 
  eight 
  Cayugas 
  was 
  desired. 
  The 
  mission 
  house 
  yet 
  stood 
  at 
  

  

  Lake 
  Gannentaa, 
  the 
  fields 
  there 
  were 
  cultivated 
  and 
  ready 
  for 
  

  

  the 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  French. 
  Garakontie' 
  had 
  cared 
  for 
  the 
  prisoners. 
  

  

  Then 
  he 
  spoke 
  very 
  gravely. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  necessary, 
  said 
  he, 
  that 
  a 
  Black 
  Robe 
  should 
  come 
  with 
  

   me 
  ; 
  without 
  this 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  peace, 
  and 
  the 
  lives 
  of 
  twenty 
  French 
  

   captives 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  are 
  attached 
  to 
  this 
  voyage. 
  "While 
  saying 
  

   this 
  he 
  produced 
  the 
  leaf 
  of 
  I 
  know 
  not 
  what 
  Book, 
  on 
  the 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  twenty 
  Frenchmen 
  had 
  written 
  their 
  names. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  result, 
  Father 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  went 
  on 
  a 
  peace 
  embassy 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  Iroquois 
  for 
  the 
  fifth 
  time, 
  regarding 
  " 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  his 
  departure 
  

  

  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  happiest 
  days 
  of 
  his 
  life." 
  A 
  glorious 
  mission 
  

  

  indeed 
  ; 
  for 
  peace 
  and 
  deliverance 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  results. 
  He 
  

  

  wrote 
  from 
  the 
  chapel 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  Aug. 
  25, 
  1661, 
  rejoicing 
  that 
  

  

  his 
  confidence 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  misplaced. 
  Garakontie' 
  had 
  met 
  him 
  

  

  two 
  leagues 
  from 
  the 
  town, 
  an 
  unusual 
  honor, 
  and 
  his 
  reception 
  

  

  was 
  like 
  a 
  triumph, 
  the 
  grandest 
  that 
  Iroquois 
  etiquette 
  could 
  

  

  devise. 
  Personally 
  popular 
  with 
  all, 
  he 
  entered 
  fully 
  into 
  the 
  

  

  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  occasion, 
  sustaining 
  his 
  part 
  w 
  r 
  ith 
  great 
  applause. 
  

  

  The 
  enthusiastic 
  Onondagas 
  lined 
  his 
  path 
  for 
  two 
  leagues, 
  

  

  running 
  on 
  and 
  taking 
  new 
  stations 
  when 
  he 
  had 
  passed, 
  that 
  

  

  they 
  might 
  see 
  and 
  greet 
  him 
  again. 
  He 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  