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  W 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  that 
  year 
  20 
  English 
  trading 
  canoes 
  passed 
  _ 
  - 
  go 
  Falls, 
  

   going 
  west, 
  and 
  200 
  Senecas 
  went 
  against 
  the 
  Miainis. 
  There 
  

   was 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  spicy 
  correspondence 
  between 
  Dongan 
  and 
  

   De 
  Xonville. 
  In 
  1686 
  the 
  latter 
  wrote 
  : 
  "Think 
  you. 
  Sir. 
  that 
  

   Religion 
  will 
  make 
  any 
  progress 
  whilst 
  your 
  Merchants 
  will 
  

   supply, 
  as 
  they 
  do, 
  Eau 
  de 
  Vie 
  in 
  abundance? 
  '" 
  To 
  which 
  Dongan 
  

   replied: 
  " 
  Certainly 
  our 
  Rum 
  doth 
  as 
  little 
  hurt 
  as 
  your 
  Brandy, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  Christians 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  wholesome." 
  

   both 
  gave 
  the 
  Indians 
  all 
  they 
  wanted. 
  

  

  All 
  this 
  time 
  De 
  Xonville 
  regarded 
  war 
  as 
  certain 
  and 
  prepared 
  

   for 
  it 
  more 
  prudently 
  than 
  honorably. 
  The 
  details 
  of 
  his 
  treach- 
  

   ery 
  are 
  somewhat 
  confused, 
  but 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  disreputable, 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  question. 
  He 
  employed 
  Father 
  Jean 
  de 
  Lamberville 
  

   to 
  draw 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  chiefs 
  to 
  Fort 
  Frontenac. 
  intending 
  to 
  hold 
  

   them 
  prisoners, 
  as 
  he 
  did. 
  but 
  said. 
  '* 
  the 
  poor 
  Father, 
  howe 
  

   knows 
  nothing 
  of 
  our 
  designs." 
  and 
  left 
  him 
  to 
  his 
  fate. 
  The 
  

   Onondagas 
  were 
  more 
  merciful. 
  Knowing 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  incapable 
  

   of 
  such 
  treachery, 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  old 
  men 
  came 
  quietly 
  to 
  him. 
  

   told 
  him 
  of 
  the 
  situation 
  and 
  their 
  opinion, 
  and 
  sent 
  him 
  away. 
  

   safely 
  guarded, 
  to 
  the 
  French, 
  fearing 
  the 
  violence 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  

   men. 
  Charlevoix 
  ascribed 
  this 
  considerate 
  act 
  to 
  Garakontie 
  a 
  

  

  The 
  Iroquois 
  chiefs 
  visited 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  towns 
  :>f 
  Fort 
  

  

  Frontenac 
  before 
  coming 
  there, 
  and 
  60 
  men 
  were 
  seized 
  and 
  

   imprisoned 
  at 
  the 
  fort. 
  According 
  to 
  La 
  Hontan. 
  they 
  were 
  ill- 
  

   treated 
  and 
  had 
  much 
  sympathy 
  from 
  the 
  French. 
  De 
  Xonville 
  

   sent 
  13 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  France 
  as 
  galley 
  slaves, 
  following 
  the 
  adv 
  

   given 
  to 
  De 
  la 
  Barre 
  ; 
  but 
  King 
  Louis 
  returned 
  them, 
  sending 
  

   Count 
  Frontenac 
  as 
  governor, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  may 
  have 
  showed 
  

   him 
  that 
  the 
  act 
  was 
  impolitic. 
  Oreaoue' 
  and 
  another 
  Cayuga 
  

   chief 
  were 
  captured 
  on 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  before 
  this, 
  but 
  the 
  

   former 
  came 
  back 
  with 
  Frontenac 
  and 
  became 
  so 
  attached 
  to 
  

   him 
  that 
  he 
  took 
  the 
  French 
  side 
  in 
  council 
  and 
  field. 
  

  

  De 
  Xonville 
  followed 
  the 
  southern 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  

   unopposed, 
  his 
  large 
  army 
  being 
  in 
  boats. 
  Among 
  others, 
  he 
  

   had 
  100 
  Iroquois 
  of 
  the 
  Sault 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Mountain 
  with 
  him. 
  

   Garonhiague' 
  led 
  the 
  former, 
  and 
  T 
  [ 
  an 
  the 
  latter, 
  both 
  

  

  