﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  235 
  

  

  himself 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  500 
  Onondagas. 
  Just 
  afterward 
  he 
  gave 
  

   the 
  French 
  another 
  great 
  fright 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  a 
  joke. 
  At 
  Lake 
  St 
  

   Francis 
  they 
  met 
  another 
  party, 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  deputies 
  went 
  on 
  

   alone. 
  Charlevoix 
  said 
  that 
  Haaskouan 
  was 
  speaker 
  and 
  a 
  

   Seneca, 
  but 
  that 
  Hotreouate', 
  the 
  Onondaga, 
  was 
  meant 
  is 
  very 
  

   clear. 
  His 
  address 
  alarmed 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  he 
  gave 
  them 
  four 
  

   days 
  to 
  answer. 
  He 
  was 
  expected 
  again 
  at 
  Montreal, 
  but 
  had 
  

   not 
  come 
  Oct. 
  10, 
  nor 
  did 
  he 
  again 
  appear. 
  He 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   in 
  the 
  peace 
  embassy 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  Huron 
  chief, 
  the 
  Rat, 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  known 
  as 
  Adario 
  or 
  Kondiaronk, 
  to 
  whom 
  De 
  Nonville 
  had 
  

   promised 
  that 
  the 
  war 
  should 
  go 
  on 
  till 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  

   destroyed. 
  While 
  on 
  the 
  warpath, 
  he 
  heard 
  that 
  Onondaga 
  

   deputies 
  were 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  conclude 
  peace. 
  He 
  at 
  once 
  

   waylaid 
  them 
  at 
  La 
  Famine, 
  killed 
  one, 
  seized 
  the 
  rest 
  and 
  then 
  

   pretended 
  that 
  he 
  did 
  this 
  by 
  advice 
  of 
  the 
  French. 
  They 
  readily 
  

   believed 
  this 
  of 
  De 
  Nonville. 
  All 
  were 
  set 
  free 
  with 
  apologies, 
  

   but 
  one 
  whom 
  he 
  reserved 
  for 
  adoption. 
  This 
  one 
  he 
  gave 
  to 
  

   the 
  French 
  at 
  Michilimackinac, 
  and 
  they 
  shot 
  him, 
  as 
  he 
  

   intended. 
  

  

  The 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  roused 
  to 
  fury, 
  and 
  the 
  bloody 
  war 
  of 
  1689 
  

   followed. 
  There 
  would 
  now 
  be 
  no 
  peace 
  till 
  their 
  friends 
  were 
  

   sent 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  galleys. 
  Fort 
  Frontenac 
  was 
  invested 
  by 
  900 
  

   Iroquois, 
  but 
  they 
  failed 
  to 
  take 
  it. 
  Father 
  Milet 
  was 
  captured 
  

   there 
  and 
  carried 
  to 
  Oneida, 
  where 
  he 
  was 
  afterward 
  adopted 
  and 
  

   became 
  a 
  principal 
  chief. 
  He 
  was 
  long 
  a 
  subject 
  of 
  controversy 
  

   with 
  the 
  English, 
  who 
  wished 
  to 
  hold 
  him. 
  The 
  simple 
  song 
  

   which 
  his 
  captors 
  made 
  him 
  sing 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  has 
  a 
  pathetic 
  tone 
  : 
  

   " 
  Ongienda 
  kehasakehoua 
  ! 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  by 
  my 
  children 
  ! 
  " 
  

   One 
  of 
  his 
  names 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  was 
  Genherontatie', 
  The 
  Dying 
  

   One 
  who 
  marches. 
  

  

  From 
  Fort 
  Frontenac 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  went 
  to 
  Montreal, 
  killing 
  

   or 
  capturing 
  300 
  or 
  400 
  there. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  raids 
  200 
  French 
  

   were 
  killed 
  in 
  an 
  hour, 
  and 
  in 
  August 
  1500 
  Iroquois 
  came 
  and 
  did 
  

   all 
  the 
  damage 
  they 
  pleased, 
  landing 
  at 
  Lachine 
  in 
  a 
  storm, 
  and 
  

   burning 
  and 
  killing 
  for 
  two 
  days 
  without 
  opposition. 
  In 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  150 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Montreal, 
  killing 
  many 
  and 
  

  

  