﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  247 
  

  

  no 
  prisoners. 
  Some 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  Canada, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  

   four 
  Onondagas 
  were 
  burned 
  when 
  the 
  army 
  reached 
  Montreal. 
  

   The 
  force 
  consisted 
  of 
  1600 
  French 
  and 
  460 
  Indians, 
  occupying 
  

   400 
  boats, 
  the 
  Indians 
  being 
  mostly 
  with 
  the 
  vanguard, 
  which 
  

   changed 
  every 
  day. 
  Frontenac 
  was 
  carried 
  across 
  the 
  portage 
  

   at 
  Oswego 
  Falls 
  in 
  his 
  canoe, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  lake 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  

   a 
  chair. 
  A 
  horse 
  had 
  been 
  brought 
  for 
  M. 
  de 
  Callieres 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  his 
  lameness, 
  and 
  the 
  artillery 
  consisted 
  of 
  two 
  small 
  

   cannon 
  and 
  two 
  light 
  mortars. 
  

  

  From 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  the 
  army 
  followed 
  the 
  east 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  

   Oswego 
  river, 
  crossing 
  the 
  Oneida 
  river 
  Aug. 
  1, 
  and 
  landing 
  on 
  

   the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  lake 
  the 
  same 
  day. 
  This 
  was 
  between 
  

   Liverpool 
  and 
  Syracuse 
  on 
  the 
  old 
  mission 
  ground, 
  where 
  a 
  fort 
  

   was 
  built, 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  seen 
  a 
  century 
  later. 
  On 
  

   that 
  day 
  bundles 
  containing 
  1434 
  rushes 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  

   of 
  a 
  tree, 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  force 
  arrayed 
  against 
  them. 
  The 
  fort 
  was 
  

   finished 
  Aug. 
  3, 
  and 
  the 
  army 
  crossed 
  the 
  marsh 
  and 
  encamped 
  

   at 
  the 
  salt 
  springs 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  limits 
  of 
  Syracuse, 
  in 
  readiness 
  

   for 
  the 
  next 
  day's 
  march. 
  

  

  The 
  town 
  was 
  9 
  miles 
  away, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Butternut 
  

   creek,' 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  probably 
  a 
  good 
  trail, 
  but 
  the 
  road 
  had 
  

   some 
  great 
  difficulties. 
  Though 
  the. 
  army 
  started 
  at 
  sunrise, 
  

   it 
  was 
  sunset 
  when 
  it 
  reached 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  the 
  town 
  was 
  in 
  

   ashes. 
  An 
  old 
  squaw 
  was 
  knocked 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  an 
  old 
  man 
  

   tortured, 
  whose 
  fortitude 
  elicited 
  the 
  admiration 
  of 
  the 
  French. 
  

   It 
  is 
  fair 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  Father 
  Lamberville's 
  account 
  differs 
  widely 
  

   from 
  the 
  official 
  statement 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  Charlevoix. 
  The 
  priest 
  

   saw 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  this 
  man, 
  whom 
  he 
  had 
  baptized 
  when 
  last 
  

   there, 
  and 
  whom 
  he 
  described 
  as 
  a 
  benevolent 
  and 
  devout 
  old 
  

   man, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  kind 
  to 
  the 
  French. 
  His 
  Canadian 
  relatives 
  

   asked 
  a 
  speedy 
  death 
  for 
  him, 
  but 
  the 
  French 
  insisted 
  on 
  a 
  

   slow 
  fire. 
  

  

  The 
  official 
  account 
  is 
  different. 
  The 
  Indians 
  were 
  excited: 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  not 
  deemed 
  prudent 
  to 
  dissuade 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  desire 
  

   they 
  felt 
  to 
  burn 
  him. 
  He 
  had, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  prepared 
  himself 
  

   during 
  his 
  long 
  life 
  to 
  die 
  with 
  firmness, 
  however 
  cruel 
  the 
  tor- 
  

  

  