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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Senecas 
  reinforced 
  themselves 
  with 
  150 
  prisoners 
  and 
  hoped 
  for 
  

   more 
  by 
  a 
  war 
  in 
  Virginia. 
  Though 
  all 
  looked 
  warlike, 
  an 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  delegation 
  of 
  43 
  chiefs 
  came 
  to 
  Montreal 
  in 
  August, 
  when 
  

   the 
  Senecas 
  said 
  the 
  Illinois 
  must 
  die, 
  and 
  De 
  la 
  Barre 
  was 
  silent. 
  

   The 
  missionaries 
  began 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  towns. 
  Fremin, 
  

   Pierron 
  and 
  Gamier 
  retired 
  in 
  1683 
  ; 
  Carheil 
  was 
  driven 
  from 
  

   Cayuga 
  in 
  1684; 
  Milet 
  left 
  Oneida 
  the 
  same 
  year; 
  and 
  Jean 
  de 
  

   Lamberville 
  alone 
  remained 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  doing 
  good 
  work 
  for 
  

   the 
  French, 
  for 
  his 
  influence 
  was 
  great. 
  

  

  War 
  with 
  the 
  Senecas 
  seemed 
  imminent 
  in 
  1684. 
  De 
  la 
  Barre 
  

   seized 
  a 
  Seneca 
  deputy 
  and 
  his 
  attendants, 
  and 
  made 
  great 
  prepa- 
  

   rations 
  for 
  subduing 
  that 
  nation, 
  they 
  having 
  captured 
  French 
  

   trading 
  boats. 
  Garakontie' 
  2 
  spoke 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  turning 
  the 
  

   musket 
  against 
  the 
  Shawnees, 
  but 
  the 
  French 
  might 
  protect 
  the 
  

   Miamis 
  if 
  they 
  would. 
  Hotreouate', 
  otherwise 
  La 
  Grande 
  Gueule. 
  

   or 
  Grangula, 
  favored 
  the 
  French, 
  who 
  made 
  him 
  many 
  presents. 
  

   The 
  great 
  Cayuga 
  chief. 
  Oreaouhe'. 
  was 
  going 
  to 
  Montreal 
  to 
  talk 
  

   matters 
  over. 
  

  

  De 
  la 
  Barre 
  took 
  nearly 
  900 
  men 
  up 
  the 
  river, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  

   going 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  La 
  Famine, 
  and 
  there 
  and 
  at 
  Fort 
  Frontenac 
  

   many 
  became 
  sick. 
  A 
  few 
  Onondagas 
  came 
  to 
  meet 
  him 
  ; 
  and 
  

   there 
  occurred 
  his 
  famous 
  conference 
  with 
  Hotreouate'. 
  called 
  

   Grangula 
  by 
  La 
  Hontan 
  and 
  Garangula 
  by 
  Golden, 
  both 
  corrup- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  his 
  French 
  name 
  of 
  La 
  Grande 
  Gueule, 
  or 
  Big 
  Mouth. 
  

   This 
  may 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  his 
  oratory 
  or 
  his 
  love 
  of 
  good 
  living. 
  

   Jean 
  de 
  Lamberville 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  " 
  the 
  strongest 
  head 
  and 
  loudest 
  

   voice 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois.'' 
  M. 
  de 
  Meulles 
  called 
  him 
  a 
  " 
  syco- 
  

   phant 
  who 
  seeks 
  merely 
  a 
  good 
  dinner." 
  but 
  added 
  that 
  he 
  

   '* 
  fooled 
  the 
  General 
  in 
  a 
  most 
  shameful 
  manner." 
  La 
  Hontan, 
  

   who 
  was 
  present 
  and 
  whose 
  account 
  agrees 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  circum- 
  

   stances, 
  gives 
  us 
  a 
  favorable 
  impression. 
  De 
  la 
  Barre 
  was 
  at 
  

   one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  hollow 
  square, 
  the 
  chief 
  and 
  his 
  followers 
  at 
  the 
  

   other, 
  the 
  French 
  opening 
  the 
  council 
  with 
  a 
  speech. 
  La 
  Hon- 
  

   tan 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  While 
  Mr 
  de 
  la 
  Barre's 
  interpreter 
  pronounced 
  this 
  harangue, 
  

   the 
  Grangula 
  did 
  nothing, 
  but 
  looked 
  upon 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  his 
  pipe. 
  

  

  