all the other nations in awe, they went to a diftance 

 from them, to try their ftrength againft fame other 

 lefs dreadful enemy, whom they provoked on pur- 

 pofe, and after they thought themfe.'ve* fufficiently 

 inured to warfare, they poured all at once upon the 

 Algonquins, and commenced that war of which we 

 faw only the conclufion, and which fet all Canada 

 on fire. This has been continued by the Iroquois 

 with unparalled fury, and with a fiercenefs fo much 

 the more dreadful, as it was deliberate, and as it had 

 nothing of that headfirong rage, which hurries men 

 into bad meafures, and which is foon over. Be- 

 ll des, Indians never think they have enough of re- 

 venge, till they have entirely exterminated their e- 

 nemies •, which is likewife more true of the Iroquois 

 than of the other nations. They commonly fay of 

 them, that they advance like foxes, attack like lions, 

 and fly like birds. Thus they are almoft always 

 fare of their blow, and their conduct - has fucceeded 

 fo well with them, that had it not been for the 

 French, there would not have been left fo much as 

 the memory of any of thofe nations which dared to 

 oppofe themfelves to this deluge. 



Thofe who fuffered moft were the Hurons, who 

 engaged in this war as allies, auxiliaries, or neigh- 

 bours to the Algonquins, or becaufe they lay in the 

 way of both. We have feen with aftonifhment one 

 of the moft populous and warlike nations on this 

 continent, and the moft efteemed of them all either 

 for wifdom or good fenfe, almoft wholly difappear 

 in a few years. We may even fay that there is not 

 any nation in all this part of America who have not 

 paid very dearly, for the Iroquois being obliged to 

 take up arms, and I know none in all Canada ex- 

 cept the Abenaquis, whom they have not molefted 

 in their own countries. For after they were once 



entered, 



