7 th. I baptized a young: captive taken from
the^Neuter nation., fifteen or sixteen years old,
who bad been instructed in the mysteries of our
faith by a Huron convért. This was the first
adult baptism made at Onondaga, for which ,yye;
are indebted to the .piety of a Huron. The joy
T p-yperienced, was an ample compensation for
all past fatigues. When God disposes a soul, a
way;pf safety is soon provided.
9th. This day at noon a dismal cry arose, occasioned
by the massacre of three Iroquois wajr-
riprs by the nation of the Gat,^ which tpok place
about a day’s_ journey from the, latter. This
amounts, to a declaration q|war.
10th. The deputies having arrived from the
neighboring nations,..after the customary proclamations
by the .chiefs, thatyf all should'assemble
.in the cabin of Ondessonk^è||I opened the
council % a public. prayer,-f on my knees, in a
loud voice,an the Huron töngu§|| J astonished
them exceedingly by mentioning them all bv
nations, tribes, families and individuals, whim
amounted to no small number. This I was ën%
bled to do from my- notes, and it was to. them'as
astonishing, as it was novel. I told them I had
nineteen messages .to deliver..
ttafi' & & & & (Monsieur de
Lawson, governor of New France;) who spoke by
my mouth, in behalf of the Hurons, Afeonquins
and French, since all these nation^ acknowledge
* Thé French apply the term CAdr, to' the Shatornees, at. the
present time.
him as their great captain. A large belt of
wampum, a hundred small beads of green glass,
which are the diamonds of the country, and an
elk .skin, âecbmpanièd my words.
The second was tôJ cut the bonds of eight Seneca
captives; taken by our allies and carried
:3S§ Montreal. ;
The third was to break the bonds of some captives
of the Wolf nation,* taken about the same
timdpf;-
« The fourth was to thank the pèople of Onondaga
for having- restored to us ‘a captive.J
The^fifth was to thank the SënacaS for having
saved him front the torturé.
The-sixth was to thank the Cayugas for having
aequieseed in hisdelivetance.
' The "Seventh was to thank the Oneidas for
having broken the bonds thaflheld him.,c,aptivei
The eighth, ninth; - tenth and eleventh, were
for those four Iroquois nation^, a tomahawk to
each, for their new war with the nation of the
Gat.
The twelfth was to replace the lost head of
the Senecas, (alluding to the capture of their
chief by the Eriesf)/
The thirteenth was to strengthen their defences
against their enemies.
The fourteenth was to paint their warriors for
battiez y
* The .Frënfch apply this .name to the Delawares.
' f Erie, is from Ëretion, a Wyandot nlamé, for the nation
elsewhere called the- nation of the: Cat.