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He also said, that the Sonontouans had fled together with 

 the Gojogoins to the Onondagas. It was a very bad and inac- 

 cessible country, so that, on account of the rain, instead of 

 pursuing them, we were content to ruin their corn, causing them 

 great damage without our running any risk of losing the half of 

 our small army. He assured us that the Onondagas had declared 

 themselves against us, having learned that we had put one of 

 their chiefs in prison, which however was not true, so that there 

 was no ground for the resolution which they had taken. The 

 truth is that the Sonontouan, who appeared very fierce, and who 

 had not believed that we could get him, was very much surprised 

 and astonished. There were also two women slaves taken, whose 

 lives were spared, as they were of our allies, having been captured 

 some years ago. They came running to us with four men, two 

 other women and two children to save themselves, having learned 

 of our coming. The old man, after having been baptized and 

 having told us that for nine days we had been watched from 

 ambush, had his head cut off. M. de Marquis tried to urge our 

 savages to run after the enemy who were fleeing, but they asking 

 to have some French soldiers with them, he did not judge it 

 prudent to concede, for if they should be attacked, the French 

 would be abandoned and soon cut to pieces. 



Wishing to care for the wounded, and the more so as Sieur 

 Enjalrant was very, necessary in the country on account of his 

 ability, he resolved to send 100 men to Marais, where our fort 

 was, but as our savages would not supply any, which annoyed 

 him very much, he was obliged to change his plan. It is always 

 a troublesome thing to have to do with such people. 



In the evening our savages asked for one slave, whom they 

 recognized as a Chaovanon, of whom we had 50 as our allies. 

 He was given to them, after having been well treated by us, 

 because they believed him to be an Iroquois. This was not 

 without protest, as some took him for a spy. There was also a 

 woman who assured us that there were (or had been ?) 800 

 Sonontouans in the attack. There was some more corn left, 

 which was cut down by the half of our army, and after dinner 

 we started to go to Goinguerra, where there was much corn. In 

 the evening we were disturbed by some savages who ran away. 

 It was thought that they had been captured, for the others said 

 the\ r had heard a great noise in the village to which they had 



