ture they should defift from doing any Injury to the CHA P. Laftly, He recommended to them, not to fuffer their People to be drunk during the War: A Soldier thereby (he faid) lofes his Reputation, because of the Advantages it will give the Enemy over him. This honeft Gentleman earneftly purfued the Intereft of his Country; but it seems his Measures were not agreeable to thofe his Mafter had taken with the French King; for he had Orders to procure a Peace for the French on their own Terms, and was foon after this removed from his Government. Indeed fuch an active, as well as prudent Governor of New-York, could not be acceptable to the French, who had the univerfal Monarchy in View, in America as well as in Europe. The great Difpute between Coll. Dungan and the French was in this, that Coll. Dungan would force the French to apply to him, in all Affairs relating to the Five Nations, and the French would treat with them independently of the English. For this Reafon Coll. Dungan refused any Affistance to the French, till they, by fuch Application, fhould acknowledge the Dependance of the Five Nations on the Crown of England. But King James ordered him to give up this Point; and that he should perfuade the Five Nations to fend to Canada, to receive Proposals from the French Governor; and for this Purpose, forced them to agree to a Ceffation of Arms, till their Deputies fhould go and return from Canada; and that they fhould, in the mean Time, deliver up all the Prifoners they had taken from the French; and that G 3 VI. CHA P.no Accident might prevent this, and blast so favourable an Opportunity of making Peace to the beft Advantage, Monfr. De Nonville fent his Orders to all his Officers in the Indian Countries, to obferve a Ceffation of Arms, tili the Ambaffador of the Five Nations fhould meet him at Montreal, as they had given him Reafon to expect they would in a little Time, to conclude the Peace in the ufual Form. In the mean Time, Adaric, the Chief of the Deonondadies, finding that his Nation was become fufpected by the French, fince the Time they had fhewn fo much Inclination to the English, when they attempted to trade at Miffilimakinak, refolved, by fome notable Action against the Five Nations, to recover the good Graces of the French. For this Purpofe, he marched from Miffilimakinak, at the Head of a Hundred Men; and that he might act with the more Security, he took Cadarackui Fort in his Way for Intelligence: The Commandant informed him, that Monfr. De Nonville was in Hopes of concluding a Peace with the Five Nations, and expected their Ambaffadors in eight or ten Days at Montreal for that Purpose, and therefore defired him to return to Miffilimakinak, without attempting any Thing that might obftruct fo good a Defign. The Indian being furprifed with this News, was under great Concern for his Nation, which he was afraid would be facrificed to the French Intereft, but diffembled his Concern before the French Officer. He went from Cadarackui, not to return home as the Commandant thought, but to wait for the Ambaffadors of the Five Nations, near one of the Falls of Cadarackui River, by which he knew they must pass. He did not lurk there above four or five Days, before the Deputies came guarded by forty young Soldiers, who were all furprised, and killed or taken Prifoners. As foon as the Prisoners were all secured, the cunning Deonondadi told them, "That he having been informed, by the Governor of Canada, "that "that fifty Warriors of their Nation were to pafs CHA P. "this Way about this Time, he had fecured this VI. Pafs, not doubting of intercepting them. 66 The Ambaffadors being much furprised at the French Perfidy, told Adario the Defign of their Journey, who, the better to play his Part, feemed to grow mad and furious, declaring against Monfr. De Nonville, and faid he would, fome time or other, be revenged of him, for making a Tool of him, to commit fuch horrid Treachery. Then looking stedfastly on the Prifoners (among whom Dekanefora was the principal Ambaffador) Adario faid to them, Go, my Brethren, I unty your Bonds, and fend you home again, tho' our Nations be at War: The French Governor has made me commit fo black an Action, that I fhall never be eafy after it, till the Five Nations fhall have taken full Revenge. This was fufficient to perfuade the Ambaffadors of the Truth of what he faid, who affured him, that he and his Nation might make their Peace when they pleafed. Adario loft only one Man on this Occafion, and would keep a Satana Prifoner (adopted into the Five Nations) to fill up his Place. Then he gave Arms, Powder and Ball to the rest of the Prisoners, to enable them to return. The Ambaffadors were chiefly, if not all, Onondagas, and Oneydoes, who had been long under the Influence of the French Priefts, and ftill retained an Affection to them; but this Adventure thoroughly changed their Thoughts, and irritated them fo heartily against the French, that all the Five Nations profecuted the War unanimously. Adario delivered the Slave (his Prifoner) to the French at Mifflimakinak, who to keep up the Enmity between the Deonondadies and the Five Nations, ordered him to be fhot to Death. Adario called one of the Five Nations, who had been long a Prifoner, to be an Eye Witnefs of his Countryman's Death, then bid him make his Escape to his own Country, G4 to CHA P. to give an Account of the French Cruelty, from which it was not in his Power to fave a Prisoner, he himfelf had taken. VI. This heightned the Rage of the Five Nations fo, that Monfr. De Nonville's fending to difown Adario in this Action, had no Effect upon them; their Breafts admitted of no Thoughts but that of Revenge. It was not long before the French felt the bloody Effects of this cruel Paffion, for 1200 Men of the Five Nations invaded the Island of Montreal, when the French had no Sufpicion of any fuch Attempt, while Monfr. De Nonville and his Lady were in that Town. They landed on the South Side of the Island, at La Chine, on the 26th of July 1688, where they burnt and facked all the Plantations, and made a terrible Maffacre of Men, Women, and Children. The French were under Apprehenfion of the Town's being attack'd, for which Reason, they durft not send out any confiderable Party to the Relief of the Country, only once, when the Indians had blocked up two Forts, Monfr. De Nonville fent out a hundred Soldiers, and fifty Indians, to try to bring off the Men in thofe Forts. The French of this Party were all either taken or cut to Pieces, except one Soldier, and the commanding Officer, who, after he had his Thighs broke, was carried off by twelve Indians that made their Escape. There were above a Thousand of the French killed at this Time, and twenty-fix were carried away Prisoners, the greateft Part of which were burnt alive. The Five Nations only loft three Men on this Expedition, that got drunk and were left behind. This, however, did not fatiate their Thirst after Blood, for, in October following, they destroyed likewise all the lower Part of the Iland, and carried away many Prisoners. The Confequence of thefe Expeditions were very difmal to the French, for they were forced to burn their two Barks, which they had on Cadarackui Lake, and to abandon their Fort there; they defigned to have blown up their Works, when they left that CHA P Place; and for that End left a lighted Match where VI. the Powder lay, but were in fuch a Fright, that they durft not stay to fee what Effect it had. They went down Cadarackui River in feven Birch Canoes; and for greater Security, travelled in the Night. One of the Canoes, with all the Men in it, were loft, by their Precipitation, as they paffed one of the Falls in that River. The Five Nations hearing the French had deferted Cadarackui Fort, fifty Indians went and took Poffeffion of it, who found the Match the French had left, which had gone out, and twenty eight Barrels of Powder in the fame Place, together with feveral other Stores. The News of the Succefs the Five Nations had over the French foon spread itself among all the Indians, and put the French Affairs every where into the greatest Disorder. The Utawawas had always fhewn an Inclination to the English, and they therefore immediately fent openly four Sachems, with three Prifoners of the Senekas, which they had, to affure them, that they would for ever renounce all Friendship with the French, and promised to restore the rest of the Prifoners. They alfo included feven Nations, that lived near Miffilimakinak, in this Peace. This put the French Commandant there under the greatest Difficulty to maintain his Poft; but there was no Choice, he muft ftand his Ground, for the Five Nations had cut off all Hopes of retiring. The Nepairinians and Kikabous, of all their numerous Allies, only remained firm to the French; every one of the others endeavoured to gain the Friendfhip of the Five Nations; and would certainly have done it, by murdering all the French among them, had not the Sieur Perot, with wonderful Sagacity and eminent Hazard to his own Perfon, diverted them. Canada |