his name, with a party of Frenchmen and Canadian Indians 
attacked a small body of Iroquois. By this act he secured 
for the French interests the undying hatred of this great 
confederacy, and. as it later proved this was an important, 
factor in putting an end to the ambitions of France in the 
Western Hemisphere. The English on the other hand secured the 
‘friendship of the Iroquois. They furnishes them with arms and 
ammunition, and so won their friendship that during the long 
series of French and Indian wars they always had powerful allies 
in the Iroquois, against the attacks of France. 
Being encouraged by his first victory over the Iroquois 
Champlain in 1615 again marched into their terrrtory this time 
directing his attention to the Onondaga strongholds. At first 
‘he was successful, but as the advance was continued the Indians 
“gathered together in a great fort, and finally repulsed the 
French Army. The exact location of the fort and battle ground 
is a matter of controversy, §one historians claim that it is 
in the vicinity of Canandaigua Lake, in Ontario county, while 
others in trying to make Champlains’ description fit a Locality 
and for other reasons Say that it is further East, probably in 
what is now Madison county. suffice it here to say that this 
action further incensed the Indians, and fanned into flume 
the hatrec of the Iroquois for the French and their allies. 
So great was this hatred, that any one who was the enemy of the 
French was the friend of the Troquois. 
