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 beginning of reducing with eafe a place unprovided 

 with men to defend it, made them return feveral 

 times to the charge ; but the lady always repulfed 

 them. She continued to defend herfelf for two days, 

 with a valour and prelenee of mind which would 

 have done honour to an old warriour and fhe at 

 laft compelled the enemy to retire, for fear of hav- 

 ing their retreat cut off, full of fhame of having 

 been repulfed by a woman. ' • 



Two years afterwards, another party of the fame 

 nation, but much more numerous than the firft, ap- 

 peared in light of the fort, whilft all the inhabitants 

 were abroad, and generally at work in the field. 

 The Iroquois finding them fcattered in this manner 

 and void of all diftruft, feized them all one after 

 another, and then marched towards the fort. The 

 daughter of the lord of the land, fourteen years old, 

 was at the difrance of two hundred paces from it. 

 At the firft cry (he heard, fhe run to get into it ^ 

 the Indians purfued her, and one of them came up 

 with her jult as (he had her foot upon the threshold 

 but having laid hold of her by the handkerchief (he 

 wore about her neck, fhe loofed it, and fhut the 

 gate on herfeif. 



There was not a foul in the fort, befides a young 

 foldier and a number of women, who, at the fight 

 of their hufbands, who were fall bound, and led 

 prifoners, raifed mo ft lamentable cries ; the young 

 lady loft neither her courage nor prefence of mind. 

 She begun with taking of her head drefs, bound up 

 her hair, put on a hat and coat, locked up all the 

 women, whofe groans and weeping could not fail of 

 giving new courage to the enemy. Afterwards fhe 

 iixed a piece of cannon, and feveral mu fleet- fhot, 

 and fhewing herfelf with her foldier, fometime in 



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