The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09

after some frighttul nightmare Of sur
tering and despair that at length they
reached the villages Of the Five Ma
tions, located far TO the east, at the
foot of the great waterway which
Law and his family had assembled more
than a year before,
Yet II that which had gone before
seemed like some bitter dream, surely
the day of awakening promised but lit
tie better hope. From village to VII
lage. foOtsore and III. they were hur-
ried without rest. AT each new stopping
place the central figures OF harbar.
GUS triumph; and nowhere did they
meet the representatives of either the
French or the English government,
whose expected presence had consti-
tuted their one ground OF hope
Where is your big peace asked
Teganisoris OF Pembroke, Where are
the head men OF Corlaer? Who brings
presents to the lroquois, and who IS
10 tell MS that Onontio has carried the
| pipe of peace to Corlaer? Here are
our villages as when we LETT them,
and here again are we. save for the
| absent ones who have been killed by
| your young men. II Is no wonder that
my peopl, are displcaseG.'
| Indeed thps" of the lruQuOls who mad
remained at home clamOrci continu-
ally that some Of the prisoners should
| be given over to them, Thus, in doubt,
| uncertainty and terror the party passed
through tho villages moving always
east ward. until AT length they arrived
At the fortified town where TcGanisoris
made his home, spot toward the foot
ri Lake Ontario. and not widely re-
moved from that stupcnduus cataract
which, from the beginning of earth
| had uplificd its thundcrOus diapason
| here In the savage wilderness -OntOn-
ragrca. object of suprrsitiuus awe
among all the tribes.
Time hung heavy on tho hands OF
| the sayagps II was winter. and the
parties had all returned from the wal
trails. The muttcrings arose yet
more loudly among families who had
| lost most heavily In the western cNpe,
ditions. The shrcwd mind Of regani.
SORTS knew that some new thing must
| be PINNED. lie announced his decision
at his own village. after the triumphaI
progress among the tribes had at
| length been concluded
Since they have sent US no pres
| cnts." said he. with that daring di'
| plumaCy which made him leader In
red craftsmanship, ''lct those whc
| stayed at home be given some prisoner
| In pay for those OF their people whD
have been Killed. Moreover, let us OF.
Ter to the Great Spirit some sacriflc" IN
| propitiatiun. since surely the Great
| spirit is offended" Such was the con.
rlnsion Of this head man of tn, Onon
dagos. and fatcful enough It was 4.
the prisoners.
The great gorge through which
poured the vast waters of the northern
seas was a spot not always visited hN
those passing up the great lakes fol
| the western stations, nor down th'
| lakes To the settlements of the St
| Lawrence. Vet there was a trail which
led around the great cataract ana ih'
otcaslohai eohI'urS de poiS' OF 'h'
passing friars. or the adventurous mer
chants UI the lower settlements nov
anu again Irtl la, trall, ana came +,
look upon lno Tremendous 8. enc o
the great falling OF The waters Here
Wh'r" inc 'uuluit ascrhh'H up
heaven ana where the whiie-hl"W'
wrcathS Of mist might indeed, even II
an Imagination b't'er 'hah 'hd' III
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forms 81 SpIfllS' the IhdIaha hdu' IRON
tlm' lhImrm"rlal' maze 'heir oHt''"b
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