. Young folks library . oud voice, and making way for meopened in two, and placed me at their head, marchingabout twenty paces in advance, until I was within thirtypaces of the enemy. The moment they saw me theyhalted, gazing at me and I at them. When I saw thempreparing to shoot at us, I raised my arquebus, andaiming directly at one of the three chiefs, two of themfell to the ground by this shot, and one of their com-panions received a wound of which he died had put four balls in my arquebus. Ours, on witness-ing a shot so favorable for them, set up such tremen- 218 A Book of Fam
. Young folks library . oud voice, and making way for meopened in two, and placed me at their head, marchingabout twenty paces in advance, until I was within thirtypaces of the enemy. The moment they saw me theyhalted, gazing at me and I at them. When I saw thempreparing to shoot at us, I raised my arquebus, andaiming directly at one of the three chiefs, two of themfell to the ground by this shot, and one of their com-panions received a wound of which he died had put four balls in my arquebus. Ours, on witness-ing a shot so favorable for them, set up such tremen- 218 A Book of Famous Explorers dous shouts that thunder could not have been heard;and yet, there was no lack of arrows on one side andthe other. The Iroquois were greatly astonished see-ing two men killed so instantaneously, notwithstandingthey were provided with arrow-proof armor woven ofcotton-thread and wood; this frightened them verymuch. Whilst I was re-loading, one of my companionsin the bush fired a shot, which so astonished them. Champlain on the Warpath. anew, seeing their chiefs slain, that they lost courage,took to flight and abandoned the field and their fort,hiding themselves in the depths of the forest, whitherpursuing them, I killed some others. Our savages alsokilled several of them and took ten or twelve rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteenof ours were wounded by arrows; they were promptlycured. After having gained the victory, they amused them-selves plundering Indian com and meal from the Champlains Expeditions into New York 219 enemy; also their arms which they had thrown awayin order to run the better. And having feasted, dancedand sung, we returned three hours afterwards with theprisoners. The place where this battle was fought is in forty-three degrees some minutes latitude, and I named itLake Champlain. On the seventeenth day of August I arrived atCahiague, where I was received with great joy andgratitude by all the Indians of the Country. They
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