France and England in North America, Part IV: The Old Régime In Canada

CHAPTER I. 1653-1658. THE JESUITS AT ONONDAGA.

_The Iroquois War.--Father Poncet.-->His Adventures.--Jesuit Boldness.--Le Moyne’s Mission.--Chaumonot and Dablon.--Iroquois Ferocity.--The Mohawk Kidnappers.--Critical Position.--The Colony of Onondaga.--Speech op Chaumonot.--Omens of Destruction.--Device of the Jesuits.--The Medicine Feast.--The Escape._

|In the summer of 165...