The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-24

on his part all succor and protection against
the ipcursions and nvasions of their enemies
declaring to all other potentates, princes, SOW
ereigns, states, and republics,-to them and
their subjects, that they cannot and are not
TO seize or settle upon any parts OF the afore'
said countries, save only under the good pleas
ure of His Most Christian Majesty, and Of him
Of mourning his resentment and the efforts OF
his arms. V,pe 6 Roi."
The Frenchmen fired their guns and shouted
"vire Ie Roi, and the yelps OF the astonlshed
Indians mingled with the din.
When the uproar was over, Father Anoue2
addressed the Indians in a solemn haraunge
and these were bis words:
at is good work, my brothers, an impor'
tsnt work, great work. that brings US together
in council to-day. Look up at the cross which
rises 80 high above your heads. II was there
that Jesus Christ the Son OF God, after max
ing himself man for the love OF men, was
nailed and died, to satisfy his Eternal Father
the ruler OF Heaven, Earth, and He'll. It is
he Of whom am continually speaking to you.
and whose name and word Ihave borne through
al your country. But look at this post to
which are fixed the arms OF the great chief Of
France whom we call King. He lives across
the sea. He is the chief Of the greatest chiefs
and has no equal on earth. All the chiefs
l.. krt obi he
side HIM. He is like great tree, and they are
but the little herbs that one walks over aud
tramples under foot. You know Ononto, =
that famous chief at Quebec you know and
you have seen that he 10 the terror Of the Iro-
quis, and that his very name makes them trem-
bic, since he has laid their country waste and
burned their towns with fire. Across the sea
there are ten thousand Onontios like him, who
are bat the warriors Of our great King, OF
whom have told you. When he Gays, 4 am
going to war, everybody obeys his orders: and
each OF these ten thousand chefs raises troop
Of hundred warriors, some on sea and some
on land. Some embark in great ships, such as
you have seen at Quebec. Your canoes carry
only four or FIVE men, or ut the most ten or
twelve: but our ships carry four or five humid
red and sometimes thousand Others go to
war by land, and in such numbers that II they
stood IN double tile they would reach from
here to Mississaquenk, which is more than
twenty leagues off. When our King attacks his
enemies, he is more terrible than the thunder
the earth trembles; the air and tho sea are all
on fire with the blaze Of his cannon; he is seen
IN the midst of his warriors, covered over with
the blood of his enemies, whom he kills In such
numbers, that he does not reckon them by the
scalps but by the streams Of blood which he
causes to flow. He takes 80 many prisoners
that he holds them in no account, but lete
them 60 where they WILL to show that he is not
afraid Of them. But now nobody dares make
war on him. All the nations beyond the sea
have submitted to him and begged humbly for
peace. Men come from every quarter Of the
earth to listen to him and admire him. All that
ia done In the world is decided by him alone.
"But what shall say Of his riches You
think yourselves rich when you have ten or
twelve sack OF corn, few hatchets, beads. ket-
ties, and other things Of that sort. He has
cities OF his own, more than there are Of men
in all this country for five hundred leagues
around. In each city there nre store-houses
where there are hatchets enough to cut down
all your forests, kettles enough to cook all
your moose, and beads enough TO fill all your
lodges. His house is longer than from here to |
the top Of the Saut,-that is to say more than |
half league, and higher than your tallest |
trees and it holds more families than the larg-
est of your towns"
Whatever impression this curious effort OF !
jesuit rhetoric may have produced upon the
hearers, it did not prevent them from stripping
the royal arms from the post to which they
were nailed. as soon as st. Lusson and his
men had left the Saul; probably not because
they understood the import of the symbol, but
because they feared it as charm.
What now remains OF the sovereignty thas
proclaimed? Now and thee. the
accents OF France on the lips Of some ssrnng-
Cling boatman or vagabond hslf-breet' this,
Nd nothing more.
sTbe Indian name Of the Governor OF Cansda