﻿24O 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  of 
  his 
  own 
  friends, 
  and 
  Frontenac 
  did 
  not 
  hesitate 
  to 
  have 
  these 
  

   tortured. 
  All 
  wanted 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  chief 
  as 
  a 
  leader, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  

   constantly 
  on 
  the 
  warpath. 
  On 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  38 
  Frenchmen 
  

   surprised 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  party, 
  some 
  of 
  whom 
  escaped, 
  returning 
  

   with 
  aid 
  and 
  killing 
  half 
  the 
  French. 
  The 
  following 
  winter 
  40 
  

   Mohawks 
  attacked 
  Fort 
  Vercheres, 
  carrying 
  off 
  20 
  people. 
  They 
  

   were 
  pursued, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  captives 
  were 
  recovered. 
  Mile 
  

   de 
  Vercheres 
  successfully 
  defended 
  the 
  fort, 
  as 
  her 
  mother 
  had 
  

   done 
  two 
  years 
  before. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  Canadian 
  successes. 
  In 
  February 
  1692, 
  a 
  party 
  

   of 
  120 
  French 
  and 
  205 
  Indians 
  attacked 
  50 
  Iroquois 
  at 
  Toniata, 
  

   killing 
  24 
  and 
  taking 
  16. 
  In 
  May 
  a 
  French 
  and 
  Indian 
  party 
  

   was 
  defeated 
  at 
  the 
  Long 
  Sault 
  of 
  the 
  Ottawa 
  with 
  much 
  loss 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  victors 
  were 
  beaten 
  in 
  turn, 
  and 
  the 
  captives 
  recovered. 
  

   Two 
  large 
  Iroquois 
  parties 
  in 
  October 
  did 
  nothing. 
  In 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  400 
  Iroquois 
  came 
  down 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  appearing 
  in 
  sight 
  

   of 
  Montreal, 
  while 
  400 
  came 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Lake 
  Champlain. 
  They 
  

   did 
  but 
  little 
  damage. 
  M. 
  Beaucour 
  marched 
  300 
  men 
  to 
  attack 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  near 
  Niagara, 
  80 
  of 
  whom 
  fought 
  him, 
  losing 
  most 
  

   of 
  their 
  number. 
  

  

  Kanadgegai, 
  or 
  Black 
  Kettle, 
  a 
  noted 
  Onondaga 
  chief, 
  headed 
  

   the 
  party 
  at 
  the 
  Long 
  Sault, 
  and 
  made 
  another 
  dash 
  July 
  15, 
  

   taking 
  some 
  prisoners. 
  There 
  was 
  fighting 
  on 
  the 
  Ottawa, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  alone 
  kept 
  Canada 
  in 
  constant 
  alarm. 
  Charlevoix 
  

   said 
  that 
  Black 
  Kettle 
  overran 
  the 
  country 
  " 
  as 
  a 
  Torrent 
  does 
  

   the 
  Low-lands, 
  when 
  it 
  overflows 
  its 
  banks, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   withstanding 
  it. 
  The 
  Soldiers 
  had 
  Orders 
  to 
  stand 
  upon 
  the 
  

   defensive 
  within 
  their 
  Forts." 
  This 
  year 
  his 
  wife 
  was 
  killed 
  

   while 
  trying 
  to 
  escape 
  from 
  a 
  mission 
  town 
  in 
  Canada. 
  In 
  this 
  

   warfare 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  had 
  lost 
  90 
  men 
  in 
  two 
  years, 
  leaving 
  

   them 
  but 
  130, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  Iroquois 
  60 
  men 
  in 
  7 
  years. 
  

  

  In 
  June 
  1692 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  renewed 
  the 
  covenant 
  with 
  the 
  Eng- 
  

   lish, 
  now 
  under 
  Captain 
  Ingoldsby, 
  desiring 
  that 
  the 
  important 
  

   blacksmith's 
  anvil 
  might 
  be 
  retained 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  a 
  smith 
  

   live 
  there. 
  The 
  Indians 
  did 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fighting; 
  and, 
  when 
  

   Tngoldsby 
  reproved 
  them 
  for 
  their 
  carelessness, 
  they 
  replied 
  : 
  

  

  