﻿220 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  their 
  turn 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  became 
  the 
  invaders, 
  but 
  were 
  

   unsuccessful, 
  though 
  aided 
  by 
  other 
  Iroquois. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  

   their 
  present 
  loss, 
  a 
  condolence 
  was 
  held 
  with 
  them, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  confused 
  with 
  the 
  Dead 
  Feast 
  of 
  the 
  Hurons, 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  

   bore 
  no 
  likeness. 
  Father 
  Pierron 
  was 
  present 
  and 
  interrupted 
  the 
  

   ceremony, 
  which 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  understand. 
  The 
  result 
  was 
  that 
  

   he 
  induced 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  to 
  renounce 
  the 
  worship 
  of 
  Agreskoue'. 
  

   A 
  similar 
  renunciation 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  worship 
  was 
  soon 
  made 
  at 
  

   Onondaga, 
  but 
  was 
  never 
  very 
  thorough. 
  From 
  that 
  time 
  till 
  

   the 
  preaching 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  religion 
  about 
  1800, 
  the 
  religious 
  belief 
  

   of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  hazy 
  kind. 
  Through 
  all 
  their 
  

   earlier 
  history 
  their 
  faith 
  in 
  dreams 
  was 
  unlimited. 
  

  

  The 
  mission 
  of 
  St 
  Francis 
  Xavier 
  a 
  la 
  Prairie 
  de 
  la 
  Magdeliene 
  

   was 
  founded 
  near 
  Montreal 
  in 
  1669, 
  as 
  a 
  refuge 
  for 
  the 
  Christian 
  

   Iroquois 
  desirous 
  of 
  escaping 
  the 
  temptations 
  of 
  their 
  old 
  homes. 
  

   This 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  Catharine 
  Gandiaktena, 
  born 
  in 
  the 
  Erie 
  town 
  

   of 
  Gentaieton, 
  but 
  carried 
  to 
  Oneida 
  and 
  married 
  there. 
  She 
  

   went 
  to 
  La 
  Prairie 
  with 
  12 
  others, 
  and 
  this 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  removal 
  

   of 
  many 
  Christian 
  Iroquois 
  to 
  Canada. 
  Other 
  Canadian 
  mission 
  

   towns 
  followed, 
  attracting 
  people 
  from 
  their 
  old 
  homes 
  and 
  seri- 
  

   ously 
  diminishing 
  their 
  strength. 
  The 
  chiefs 
  were 
  alarmed 
  and 
  

   indignant. 
  The 
  Jesuits 
  boasted 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  thus 
  secured 
  200 
  

   brave 
  Iroquois 
  soldiers 
  for 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  still 
  had 
  eight 
  chapels 
  

   in 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1674. 
  To 
  conduct 
  these 
  properly, 
  they 
  arranged 
  

   a 
  uniform 
  scheme 
  of 
  missions 
  in 
  1669. 
  

  

  Fremin 
  and 
  Gamier 
  went 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  Aug. 
  26, 
  1669, 
  and 
  that 
  

   day 
  La 
  Salle 
  landed 
  at 
  Irondequoit 
  bay, 
  led 
  there 
  by 
  Seneca 
  

   reports 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  river 
  flowing 
  southward 
  from 
  them. 
  Dollier 
  

   and 
  Gallinee 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  mission 
  with 
  him, 
  remaining 
  quite 
  a 
  

   time, 
  and 
  visited 
  and 
  described 
  the 
  burning 
  spring 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   town. 
  In 
  September 
  they 
  stopped 
  a 
  while 
  at 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  village 
  

   of 
  Tinawatawa, 
  near 
  the 
  extreme 
  western 
  end 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  

   That 
  year 
  Indian 
  murders 
  led 
  to 
  a 
  close 
  union 
  between 
  all 
  the 
  

   River 
  Indians 
  and 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  

  

  In 
  1670 
  the 
  Senecas 
  captured 
  100 
  women 
  and 
  children 
  near 
  the 
  

   Ottawas, 
  and 
  exposed 
  Iroquois 
  cabins 
  were 
  attacked 
  in 
  turn. 
  

  

  