Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-28

as far as the Great river. All the country
has been at war. The friends of Onontio
beyond Michiimackinac have been so busy
fighting that they have forgotten to take
the beaver, or If they have taken 1t they
have been afraid to bring 1t down the water
trail to us, lest the Iroquois or the English
should rob them.
Brothers. a great peace is now declared
Onontio, the father of all the red men, has
taken the promises of his children, the
Hurons. the Algonquins, the Miamis, the
llini, the Outagamies. the Ojibways, all
those peoples who live to the west that
they will follow the war trail no more.
Next summer there will be a great council.
Onontio and Corlaer have agreed to call
the tribes to meet at the Mountain in the
st. Lawrence. Onontio says to you that
he will give you back your prisoners, and
now he demands that you in return give
back those whom you may have with you.
This is his Will; and If you fail him, you
know how heavy Is his hand.
Brothers, I see that you have prisoners
here. white prisoners. These must be given
up to us. 1 will take them with me when
return. For your Indian captives, it is
the will of Onontio that you bring them
that you then, all Of you, help to dig the
great hill under which the Ratchet is going
to be buried. Then once more our rivers
will not be red and will look more like wa
ter. The sun will not shine red, but will
look as the sun should look. The sky will
again be blue. Our women and our chill
dren will no longer be afraid, and you Iro-
quois can go to sleep in your houses and
not dread the arms Of the French. Brothers,
have spoken Peace is good"
Tenganisoris replied in the same strain
as that chosen by Joncaire. assuring him
that he was his brother; that his heart
went out to him; that the Iroquois loved
the French; and that if they had gone
to war with them, 1t was but because the
young men Of Corlaer had closed their
eyes so that they could not see the truth.
LAS to these prisoners" said he take
them with you. We do not want them
with us, for We fear they may bring us
harm. Our medicine man counseled us to
offer up one Of these prisoners as sacri-
fee to the Great Spirit. We did so. Now
our medicine man has a bad dream. He
says that the white men are going to come
and tear down our houses and trample
our fields. When the time comes for the
peace, the 1roquois will be at the Noun
tain Brother. we will bury the Ratchet,
and bury it so deep that henceforth none
may ever again dig it up"
1T is WELL" said Joneaire. abruptly my
brothers are wise. Now let the council end,
for my path is long and l must travel back
to Onontio at once.
Joncaire knew well enough the tickle ma
ture of these savages, who might upon the
morrow demand another council and per-
haps arrive at different conclusions. Hear
Ing there were no white prisoners in the
villages farther to the west, he resolved
to set forth at once upon the return with
those now at hand. Hurrying therefore,
as soon as might be. to their leader. he
urged him to make ready forthwith for the
journey back to the st. Lawrence.
Unless l much mistake Monsieur" said
he to Law, you are that same gentle
men who SO set all Quebec by the ears
last winter. My faith! The regiment Ca
rignan had cause to rejoice when you left
for up river, even though you took with
you half the ready coin of the settlement
Yet come you once more to meet the gen.
tlemen of France, and 1 doubt not they
will be glad as ever to stake you high as
may be in this poverty-stricken region.
You have been far to the westward
doubt not. You were. perhaps. made pris-
oner somewhere below the Straits
Far below; among the tribe of the Il
lini; in the valley of the Messasebe."
You tell me so! I had thought no white
man left in that valley for this season
And madame-this child-surely twas the
first white infant born In the great val
ley" RR
And the most unfortunate"
Nay, how can you say that, since you
have come more than half thousand miles
and are all safe and sound today? Glad
enough we shall be to have you and
madame with US for the winter, II, in
deed. 1t be not for longer dwelling. can
not take You now to the English settle