to North; America. ff 



leaft their Women, their Old-men, and their Chil- 

 dren. Our General being acquainted with their Re- 

 folution, gave 'em to know, that he earneftly defir'd 

 they would reft for one day, and not depart from 

 his Camp, and that the next day he would burn their 

 Villages, and ftarve "em to Death by fpoiiing their 

 Crops. But they took this Compliment fo ill, that 

 molt of 'em returned to their own Country; remon- 

 ftrating, ' That the French came out to fetch a Walk, 

 c rather than to wage War, fince they would not 



• take the Advantage of the beft Opportunity in the 

 € World : That their Ardour, like a fia/h of Fire, 

 c was extinguifh'd as foon as kindled : That 'twas a 

 € fruitlefs Adventure, to draw together fo many 

 4 Warriours, from all Parts, to burn fome Hutts of 

 c Bark, that the Enemy could rebuild in four days : 

 c That the Tjonontouans did not matter the fpoiiing of 



* their Corn, for that the other Iroquefe Nations were 

 c able to fupply 'em: And in fine, That fince they 

 c had joyn'd the French twice together to no purpofe, 

 c they would never truft 'em for the future, in fpite 

 € of all the Remonftrances they could make. Some 

 are of the opinion, that Mr. de DenonvlUe ought to 

 have gone farther ; and others affirm, that 'twas im- 

 poffible for him to do more than he did. For my 

 parr, I fliall not venture upon any Decifion of the 

 matter ; thofe who fit at the Helm are moft liable 

 to be perplexed. To purfue the bare matter of Fad ; 

 we march'cknext day to the great Village, and car- 

 ry'd our Wounded Men upon Litters ; but we found 

 nothing there but Afhes; for the Iroquefeh&d burnt 

 the Village themfelves, by way of Precaution, Then 

 we fpent five or fix days in cutting down the Indian 

 Corn with our Swords. From thence we march'd 

 to the two little Villages of the Thegarcnhies and the 

 Danoncaritaoui, which lay about two or three Leagues 

 off. Having done the like Exploits there, we re- 

 turned to the Lake fide, In all thefe Villages we 



found 



