in this manner, the motion "of the vessel caused
them great qualms at the stomach, and, brought
upon us a 1 terrible stench in the: Vessel.' We
finally arrived at the river A-o-ou-e^gwa* where.
the Sieur de la Forest traded brandy'for beaver
skins: T^iis traffic in strong drink was not
agreeable to me, ior if the- savagesdrink ever so
little, they Ore more to be dreaded than madmen.
Our business being finished, we sailed from the
southern to the northern shore of the-lake, and
favored by fair winds, soon passed the village
which is on the other side of Keute ands'Gan-
neoUsse. ■ As we approached Fort Frontenac the
wind failed us, and I waS-qbliged' to get into a
canoe with two young savages,? before I oould
come to land.
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A few days after, a favorable wind sprung up,
and fathers Gabriel de la Bibourde, and Zenobe
Mambre, and myself, embafked from.Fort Frontenac
in the brigantine. We arrived in a-short
time at the mouth of the river of the Senecas,
(Oswego river), which emptie s into Lake Ontario.
While our people went to trade with the $a-
vagesj we made a smallhark cabin, half a league
in the woods, where we might perform divine
service more conveniently. In this way ;we
avoided the instrusion ofithe savages, who came
to see our brigantine, at which they greatly
wondered, as well as to trade for powder, guns,
Probably* the Genesee river.
knives, .lead, but especially brandy-, for which
they are very greedy.- ' This was the reason why
we werdi'unabie to arrive at the river Niagara
-before’the thirtieth day df July. |
On the 4th of iJktfent-over land to the
great Tails -ofWagarawith the sergeant, named
La Fleur, und from thCrice to our ^hip yard,
yv-hich was six leagues-from Lake Ontario, hut
.we did not there the vessCl we had burlt.
Two young s a v a g e s r o h b e d Hs of the little
bisduit which remainedfor- our subsistence. We
founds a bark canne^ Irdff rpftelq and .‘■without
paddles, which we fitted *fp as^ell as we could,
and having made H temporary paddle, risked a
passage, in the-frail boat, and finally, arrived on
board our vessel/ whioh/wC'found' at anchor a
league frbm the beautifulLake'Erie^ * Our arrival
was welcomed' with joy$$f We fq-und the vessel
perfectly equipped with.^ajli masts; and every
^iing necessary for navigation. We found on
board five;, small cannon, two -ef which were
brass, besides two-orthree-arquebuses. A Spread
griffin adorned the prow, surmounted by an
eagle. There* were-also all the ordinary ornaments,
and other fixtures, which usually adorn
ships of war. | Hff" | | IM,' . S| ■:
The Iroquois,' who returned from war “with
the ’ prisoners taken from their enemies, were
extremely surprised to see sodarge» a vessel,- like
a floating castle, beyond their ‘five cantons.
They came on hoard, andwere surprised*beyond
measure, to find we had been able to carry such