but would prowl everywhere, For the conflict they " " had received with the intelligence that were ready ; nay, joy be confident that in to such an event they were attacked, they

found

"

in their

villages or forts,

killing without if possible being killed."

would be able to strip, roast and eat the French. The result of the affair was the removal of La Barre, the appointment of De Denonville as his successor, and the receipt by Dongan of instructions to observe strict neutrality.

The French were fully determined to attempt the destruction Louis himself was convinced of the power of the Iroquois. De Denonville had examined that such a step was necessary. the situation thoroughly, and had informed his royal master that

the reputation of the French had been " absolutely destroyed

"

friends or enemies, by La Barre's conduct, and that unless this was arrested, nothing could avert a general rebellion, the ruin of trade and the extirpation of the

among the Indians, whether

French.

,

War was necessary, too, u for the establishment of

religion," which could not otherwise be successfully prosecuted. " " Merit in the possession of an em eyes of God," and the pire of

"

more than a thousand leagues

in extent," from

which

great commercial advantages" would eventually be derived, demanded the effort and the expense which it involved. The king responded with an addition to the French Torce gave his ;

entire approval to the war, and, in addition to the means to be