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other 2, about 30 cabins" in all perhaps 1000 or 1200 warriors. 

 The largest two were 6 or 7 leagues apart and the same distance 

 from the lake. He visited the easternmost village. The country 

 was beautiful, being made up of broad meadows covered with 

 tall grass. The woods were open oak woods. A treeless con- 

 dition extended for many leagues in all directions. He men- 

 tioned a "little village half a league from the large one" in which 

 LaSalle left a few of his men while he went for safety to L,ake 

 Ontario. On his map he located four "villages des Sonnon- 

 touans", and between Irondequoit and the Genesee River, both 

 of which appear on his map, he put the "village des R. P. 

 Fremin." 



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In July, 1672, Father Julian Gamier spoke (*l) of Gandachi- 

 oragon and reported that Father Raffeix had arrived at L,a Con- 

 ception. This is the last mention made of Gandachioragon. 



In the Relation of 1673-74 (*2) only three villages are named, 

 St. Michel, which was Father Gamier' s mission station; I^a 

 Conception, where Father Raffeix was stationed, and St. Jacques. 



*i Jesuit Relations, Burrows ed., L/VI, 59. 

 *2 Jesuit Relations, Burrows ed., LVIII, 233. 



