The picturesque StLawrence . ndianvillages on the north shore of Lake Indians had maintained a strict neutralityand were in the habit of hunting and fishing forthe Frontenac garrison. But now the Frenchinvited them to the fort for a feast, and theycame to the number of thirty men and aboutninety and children. All were seized,and a raiding party from the fort secured nearlyas many more. The warriors were tied to arow of posts inside of the fort, and one witnessdeclared that they were fastened by the neck,hands and feet in such a way that they couldneither sleep nor drive of
The picturesque StLawrence . ndianvillages on the north shore of Lake Indians had maintained a strict neutralityand were in the habit of hunting and fishing forthe Frontenac garrison. But now the Frenchinvited them to the fort for a feast, and theycame to the number of thirty men and aboutninety and children. All were seized,and a raiding party from the fort secured nearlyas many more. The warriors were tied to arow of posts inside of the fort, and one witnessdeclared that they were fastened by the neck,hands and feet in such a way that they couldneither sleep nor drive off the mosquitoes. Tomake matters worse, some of the Christian Indi-ans from down the river amused themselvesby burning the fingers of the unfortunates inthe bowls of their pipes. Most of them wereeventually sent to France to share with convictsand heretics the horrible slavery of the royalgalleys. As for the women and children, manydied at the fort, and the rest were baptized anddistributed among the mission villages. H^ii^y. O The Thousand Islands 25 The following year the Iroquois and theirallies the English, threatened reprisal, and anurgent entreaty was dispatched to the Frenchking begging him to send back the prisonerswho had gone to the galleys. The letter waswritten by the governor, and it contained thesewords: If ill-treatment has caused them all todie—for they are people who easily fall intodejection, and who die of it—and if none of back, I do not know whether we can per-suade these barbarians not to attack us. Thirteen of the captives were finally sent backfrom France gorgeously clad, and returned totheir people. But before they arrived affairs inthe valley of the St. Lawrence had become socritical that orders were sent to have the com-mandant of Fort Frontenac destroy and desertthe stronghold. The garrison presently reachedMontreal where they reported that they hadset fire to everything in the fort that would burn,sunk three vessels belonging to it in
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