. Indian history for young folks . wo of them fell to the ground by this shot and one of their com-panions received a wound of which he died afterwards. I had put fourbals in my arquebuse. Ours, on witnessing a shot so favorable for them,set up such tremendous shouts that thunder could not have been heard,and vet there was no lack of arrows on one side and the other. «/ * The Iroquois were greatly astonished, seeing two men killed so instan-taneously, notwithstanding they were provided with arrow-proof armorwoven of cotton thread and wool; this frightened them very much. WhilstI was reloading,
. Indian history for young folks . wo of them fell to the ground by this shot and one of their com-panions received a wound of which he died afterwards. I had put fourbals in my arquebuse. Ours, on witnessing a shot so favorable for them,set up such tremendous shouts that thunder could not have been heard,and vet there was no lack of arrows on one side and the other. «/ * The Iroquois were greatly astonished, seeing two men killed so instan-taneously, notwithstanding they were provided with arrow-proof armorwoven of cotton thread and wool; this frightened them very much. WhilstI was reloading, one of companions in the bush fired a shot which soastonished them anew, seeing their chiefs slain, that they lost courage,took to flight, and abandoned the field and their fort, hiding themselvesin the depths of the forest, whither pursuing them I killed some feasted, danced, and sung, we returned three hours afterwardswith ten or twelve prisoners. I named the place where this battle wasfought. Lake LAKE ClIAMILAIN. This was the first time the Iroquois had heard the sound of fire-arms,by the mysterious power of which they were then easily French having allied themselves with the Adirondacks and Hurons,and given them arms and assistance, a spirit of hatred for them WMSaroused among the Iroquois that never ceased to burn until Canada was•wrested from them by the English. A year later another conflict took place near the mouth of the Riche-lieu, in which ( namplain again participated. One hundred Iroquois wereat bay behind a palisade surrounded by a horde of Algonkin , THE IROQUOIS. 135 whose attack they had bloodily repulsed. When Cliampluin, with four ofhis men, approached, wild yells arose from the Algonkins in which weremingled the howl of the wolf, the whoop of the owl, and the scream ofthe cougar, to which a fierce response was made by the desperate Iroquois.
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