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make a fettiement in fome place, which might fe- 

 cure to us the free communication between the lakes, 

 and where the Englifh mould not have it in their 

 power to oppofe us. A commimon has therefore 

 been given to M. de Joncaire, who having in his 

 youth been prifoner amongft the Tfonnonthouans, 

 fo infmuated himfelf into the good graces of thofe 

 Indians, chat they adopted him, fo that even in the 

 hotted of their wars with u% and notwithstanding 

 his remarkable fervices to his country, he has al- 

 ways enjoyed the privileges of that adoption. 



On receiving the orders I have been now men- 

 tioning to you, he repaired to them, affembled their 

 chiefs, and after having allured them, that his great- 

 eft pleafure in this world would be to live amongft 

 his brethren •, he added, that he would much oftener 

 vifit them, had he a cabin amongft them, to which 

 he might retire when he had a mind to be private. 

 They told him, that they had always looked upon 

 him as one of their own children, that he had only 

 to make choice of a place to his liking in any part 

 of the country. He afked no more, but 'went im- 

 mediately and made choice of a fpot on the banks 

 of the river, which terminates the canton of Tfon- 

 nonthouan, where he built his cabbin. The news 

 of this foon reached New 7 - York, where it excit- 

 ed fo much the more the jealoufy of the Englifh, 

 as that nation had never been able to obtain the fa- 

 vour granted to the Sieur de Joncaire, in any Iro- 

 quoife canton. 



They made loud remonflrances, which being fe- 

 conded with prefents, the other four cantons at once 

 efpoufed their interefts. They were, however, ne- 

 ver the nearer their point, as the cantons are not 

 gnly independant of each other, but alfo very jea- 

 lous 



