aoo Hurons, were engaged

water, both parties hurried to the shore,

where they pitched for battle.

The Mohawks hastily entrenched themselves with trees " at the which runs of a point

cape

enemy,

The sudden ap pearance of the Frenchmen, and the peculiarity of their arms, produced extreme astonishment in the Mohawk ranks ; but

in

exploring Lake Champlain, when a party of hostile Mohawks appeared. As the Indian practice was against fighting on the

front of their

his men in the centre.

This battle was fought on the mornChamplain ing of the 30th July, 1609. with four of his men, and accompanied by some

feet in

they stopped and divided into bands on the right and left, leaving Champlain and

Gallatin.

what was

.

their dismay when the first arquebuses fell upon their and ears, they beheld two of their chiefs fall dead and a third dangerously wounded, The contest was of short duration. The Mohaiuks broke and fled. Many were Not killed, and some taken prisoners.

report of the

THE INDIAN TRIBES

along the northern frontiers of the Iroquots, and carried terror

Onondagas* Obtaining arms and powder from the Dutch, the confederacy recovered its position, and in turn harassed the French and their Indians in wars which were into the ranks of the

yet open when the jurisdiction of the Dutch was exchanged for that 6f the English.

That the Dutch were neutrals is evident from their treaties Their first settlement was among the Mahicans at what is now Albany, and their intercourse was mainly,