. Rod and gun. Lake to the legend the Iroquois were running sliort canoes,ol game on their side of the ridge; the moose had beenwell thinneil out, ileer had become scarce, and the glossy peltsof the beaver and olter hard tn capture. And, in contrastwith this sad state of affairs, the Algoiuinln preserve was aperfect sanrtiiary for game. This was rather nii^re than thehunger-pinched Inxpiois could staml, so taking advantage of atemporary absence of the Algonquins from the lake, they stoleover the ridge and established a large hiiiiting camp iipm thesamiy pi-ninsMla facing llie big r
. Rod and gun. Lake to the legend the Iroquois were running sliort canoes,ol game on their side of the ridge; the moose had beenwell thinneil out, ileer had become scarce, and the glossy peltsof the beaver and olter hard tn capture. And, in contrastwith this sad state of affairs, the Algoiuinln preserve was aperfect sanrtiiary for game. This was rather nii^re than thehunger-pinched Inxpiois could staml, so taking advantage of atemporary absence of the Algonquins from the lake, they stoleover the ridge and established a large hiiiiting camp iipm thesamiy pi-ninsMla facing llie big rock. Mere they revelled inmouse miillle, heaver tail and bo^-d porcupine until theywaxed fat ami slothful, thi-n one tine night an .M^onqiiiii sepiois weri caught at a great , bill atanything like oven iiiiinbers thev could usually cleleat Ihe less. warlike Algonquins, so they drew up along the shore ready tomake a stubborn dpfence. The action wju* opened by flights ofarrows tired at long range which did but little damage, , a terrific yell from the neck of the peninsulaannounced that a force was advancing in that direction, andthat the retreat of the Iroquois was cut off. It was no lonsera battle but a massacre, and not a single Iroquois hunterescaped to tell the tale. Even to this day human bones arewashed up after a storm, and for many and many a long yearno Inxpiois dared to approach the shores where their fore-fathers had met so signal a ilisaster. After a time, however,rival white men came into the tield. the Algonquin throwingin his lot at first with the French while the Iroquois was thetrusted ally of the English settler. These furnished firearmsto their redskin supporters, enabling the latter to gain a seriesof easy victories over their crudely armed rivals. So theAlgonquin had to abandon his old hunting grou
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