Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14

and not dread the arms of the French.
Brothers, have spoken Peace is
good.
Teganisoris replied in. the same
strain as that chosen by Joncaire, as
surfing 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,
it was but because the young men
Of Corlaer had closed their eyes so
that they could not see the truth. "As
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 coun-
seled us to offer up one of these pris-
oners as a sacrifice to the Great Spirit.
| We did so. Now our medicine man
has 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 Iroquois will be at the Noun
tain Brother, we viii bury the
Ratchet, and bury it SO deep that
henceforth none may ever again dig
! it up.
ut is well, said Joncaire, abruptly.
"My brothers are wise. Now let the
council end, for my path is long and
must travel back to Onontio at once.
Joncaire knew well enough the tickle
nature of these savages, who might
the morrow demand, another council
and perhaps arrive at different conclu-
sions. Hearing 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 al
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 | much mistake, monsieur,
said he to Law, won are that same
gentleman who SO set all Quebec by
the ears last winter My faith The
regiment Carignan had cause to re-
joice 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 gentlemen
of France, and 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
prisoner somewhere below the straits.
Far below; among the tribe of the
Illini, in the valley of the Messasebe. :
You tell me sol | had thought no
white man left in that valley for this
reason. And madame this child
surely twas the first white infant born
in the great valley
And the most unfortunate
Nay, how can you say that, since
you have come more than half thou
sand miles and are all safe and sound
to-day? Glad enough we shall be to
have you and madame with us for the
winter, If, indeed, it be not for longer
dwelling. | cannot take you now to
the English settlements, since must
back to the governor with the
news. Yet dull enough you would find
these Dutch of the Hudson, and worse
| vet the blue-nosed psalmodists of New
England Much better for you and
your good lady are the gayer capitals
OF New France, or la belle France it
self. that older France. Monsieur,
how infinitely more fit for a gentle
man of spirit is France than your dull
England and its Dutch kingl Either
New France or Old France, let me adj
wise you; and as to that new west, let
me counsel that you wait until after
the big peace. And, in speaking, your
| friend, Du Mesne, your lieutenant, the
coureur-his fate, / suppose, one need
not ask. He was killed -where?''
| Law recounted the division of his
party just previous to the Iroquois at
tack, and added his concern lest Du
Mesne should return to the former sta
ton during the spring and find but its
ruins. with no news OF the fate of his
| friends,
/ Oh, as to that twould be but the
old story of the voyageurs," said JON
caire. They are used enough to jour
neying thousand miles or SO, 10 find
the trail end in heap of ashes, and
to the tune of scalp dance Fear not
for your lieutenant, for, believe me, he
has Tended for himself if there has
been need. Yet l would warrant you,
now that this word for the peace has
gone out, we, shall see your friend Du
Mesne as big as life at the Mountain
next summer, knowing as much of your
history as you yourself do, and quite
counting upon meeting you with us on
the st. Lawrence, and madame as we'll
AS to that, methinlts madame win be
better with us on the st. Lawrence
than on the savage Messasebe. We
have none Toe many danes among us,
and need not state, what monsieur S
eyes have told him every morning
that fairer never set foot from ship
| from over seas. Witness my lieutenant
yonder, Raoul de Lignyl He is thus
soon all devotion. Mother Of God!
! but we are well met here in this