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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  tures 
  he 
  should 
  have 
  to 
  endure. 
  Not 
  the 
  slightest 
  murmur 
  

   escaped 
  his 
  lips 
  ; 
  011 
  the 
  contrary, 
  he 
  exhorted 
  those 
  who 
  tor- 
  

   mented 
  him 
  to 
  remember 
  his 
  death, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  dis- 
  

   play 
  similar 
  courage 
  when 
  those 
  of 
  his 
  nation 
  should 
  avenge 
  his 
  

   murder 
  on 
  them. 
  And 
  when 
  a 
  Savage, 
  weary 
  of 
  his 
  harangues, 
  

   gave 
  him 
  some 
  cuts 
  of 
  a 
  knife 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  thank 
  thee," 
  he 
  said, 
  " 
  but 
  

   thou 
  oughtest 
  rather 
  complete 
  my 
  death 
  by 
  fire. 
  Learn 
  French 
  

   dogs! 
  [how 
  to 
  .'itfTer] 
  and 
  ye 
  Savages, 
  their 
  Allies, 
  who 
  are 
  dogs 
  

   of 
  dogs, 
  remember 
  what 
  you 
  have 
  to 
  do 
  when 
  you 
  will 
  occupy 
  

   a 
  position 
  similar 
  to 
  mine." 
  

  

  De 
  Vaudreuil 
  made 
  a 
  quick 
  march 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  to 
  Oneida, 
  

   destroying 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  and 
  bringing 
  as 
  prisoners 
  the 
  men 
  who 
  

   welcomed 
  him 
  there. 
  An 
  Oneida 
  was 
  burned 
  after 
  the 
  return 
  

   to 
  Montreal, 
  and 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  killed 
  himself 
  there 
  in 
  prison. 
  

  

  On 
  its 
  way 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  the 
  army 
  left 
  Lachine 
  July 
  4, 
  and 
  

   began 
  its 
  return 
  Aug. 
  9, 
  being 
  at 
  Fort 
  Frontenac 
  Aug. 
  15. 
  The 
  

   French 
  lost 
  their 
  time 
  and 
  harvests 
  ; 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  their 
  bark 
  

   cabins 
  and 
  crops, 
  but 
  the 
  English 
  made 
  good 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  loss. 
  

  

  Charlevoix 
  gave 
  a 
  graphic 
  account 
  of 
  Frontenac's 
  conduct 
  at 
  

   Onondaga 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  representing 
  him 
  as 
  a 
  jealous, 
  peevish 
  

   and 
  wilful 
  old 
  man. 
  At 
  first 
  he 
  proposed 
  going 
  to 
  Cayuga, 
  

   destroying 
  the 
  towns 
  and 
  building 
  French 
  forts. 
  All 
  approved 
  

   and 
  some 
  volunteered 
  to 
  remain. 
  Before 
  night 
  he 
  resolved 
  to 
  

   go 
  home, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  all 
  remonstrances. 
  To 
  these 
  he 
  replied 
  : 
  

   " 
  They 
  want 
  to 
  obscure 
  my 
  glory, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  time 
  that 
  I 
  should 
  

   take 
  a 
  little 
  repose." 
  Charlevoix 
  said 
  " 
  that 
  no 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   jects 
  which 
  he 
  formed 
  for 
  completely 
  humbling 
  them 
  succeeded." 
  

   All 
  went 
  on 
  as 
  before. 
  

  

  The 
  Mohawks 
  now 
  brought 
  peace 
  belts 
  to 
  Canada. 
  Two 
  

   French 
  parties 
  were 
  unfortunate, 
  but 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  canoe 
  party 
  

   was 
  defeated 
  on 
  Lake 
  Erie. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  two 
  hours' 
  fight, 
  and 
  

   55 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  killed. 
  This 
  broke 
  up 
  some 
  western 
  treaties. 
  

   To 
  show 
  how 
  far 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  now 
  strayed 
  from 
  home, 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  said 
  that 
  two 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  this 
  year 
  sent 
  back 
  from 
  Eng- 
  

   land, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  surrender 
  of 
  Fort 
  York 
  at 
  

   Hudson 
  bay. 
  

  

  In 
  February 
  1697 
  33 
  Oneidas 
  went 
  to 
  live 
  at 
  Caughnawaga. 
  

   Others 
  wished 
  to 
  go 
  and 
  asked 
  land 
  for 
  a 
  Canadian 
  settlement 
  

  

  