mouth, and then the Hurons and the Algonquins as well as the French, for all these three nations had Onnonthio for their- Great Chief. A large belt of wampum, one hundred little tubes or pipes of red glass, the diamonds of the country, and a caribou's hide being passed

:

these three presents made

but one word.

My second word was, to cut the bonds of the eight Seneca prisoners, taken by our allies and brought to Montreal, as already stated.

The third was, to break the bonds of the Mohegans also, captured about the same time. The fourth to thank those of Onontago for having brought our prisoner back. The fifth present was, to thank the Senecas for having saved him from the scaffold. ;

The sixth for the Cayuga Iroquois, for having also contributed. The seventh, for the Oneidas for having broken the bonds which kept him a prisoner. The 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th presents to be given to the four Iroquois Nations a hatchet to each for the new war they were waging against the Cat Nation. The twelfth present was to heal the head of the Seneca who had lost some of his people. The thirteenth, to strengthen his palisades to wit, that he may be in a state of defence against

--

;

the enemy.

The fourteenth, to ornament his face

:

for it is the

custom of warriors here never to go to battle

unless with the face painted, some black, some red, others with various other colors, each having herein as if particular liveries to which they cling even unto death.