. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. f [sJw-mo-no], andin November, 1655, was commenced the first chapel in thepresent State of New York. By the zeal of the natives,says Bancroft, it was finished in a day ; and there, in theheart of Neio York, the solemn services of the Roman Churchluere chanted as securely as in any part of (Jliristendom * These springs are situated chiefly in and around Syracuse in Onondago County,which annually yield from ,000 to 5,000,000 bushels of table-salt. t About this time, the Onondagas were to meet the Eries in battle
. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. f [sJw-mo-no], andin November, 1655, was commenced the first chapel in thepresent State of New York. By the zeal of the natives,says Bancroft, it was finished in a day ; and there, in theheart of Neio York, the solemn services of the Roman Churchluere chanted as securely as in any part of (Jliristendom * These springs are situated chiefly in and around Syracuse in Onondago County,which annually yield from ,000 to 5,000,000 bushels of table-salt. t About this time, the Onondagas were to meet the Eries in battle. The former,inspired by a converted Indian chief, vowed, like Clovis of old, that if the God of theChristians would grant them victory, henceforth they would serve Him alone. TheOnondagas were victorious ; and, though all did not prove true to their vow, still agoodly number remained faithful, and thus formed a nucleus of converts. MISSIONARIES AT THE NORTH, 103 3. Garacontie [gar-a-kon-tee-ay]. — The success ofthis mission excited the anger of the pagan Iroquois, and mmm. BAPTISM OP GABAOONTIB. after three years of flourishing existence, it came to a tem-porary end. War was renewed; but, through the influenceof Garacontie. a wise and eloquent chief, the greatest Iro- 104 EXCELSIOR HISTORY, quois of his time, peace was restored in 1660. Garacontie,though not as yet a Christian, had listened with attention tothe instructions of the missionaries; grace touched his heart,and he at length resolved to embrace the Faith. He wasaccordingly baptized with great solemnity in the Cathedra]at Quebec (1669). After this, he always remained faithful tohis religion, and continued the warm friend of the Frenchand the protector of the missions. 4. Jesuits in tlie Nortli-West.—In 1656, a projected mission to Michigan was frustrated through the crueltyof some pagan Iroquois. Thither, however, in 1660, at theentreaty of the Algonquins, was sent Father Menard, a sur-vivor of the Huron mission a
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