The 7 th of the month of November. Three Rivers

A number of letters from divers quarters were given to them

for Father Le Moine, part of which were to

be sent to our Fathers and our French of Onnontague"

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thro' the medium of the Mohawks, who often go to that country. # # # # #

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It is true that the Mohawks faithfully delivered the letters to Ondessonk, because they feared evil

But for the letters addressed to our French at Onnontague, the Mohawk who was the bearer thereof, threw them in the river, or gave them, probably, to the chiefs of the country. But these good fellows, who wished to rid themselves of the preachers of the gospel and of those who assisted them, threw them into the fire. The Onnontague sent by Monsieur de Maisonneuve did still worse for he told the chiefs of the nation, that the French were leagued principally with the Algonquins to make war on them, and that they had killed his comrade. It was an Algonquin killed him on his way to war as we have d remarked on the 3 November. Nothing more was necessary to excite these furious men, who had They were desirous, however, already concluded on the death of some and the captivity of others. for their people detained by the French.

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to act in concert with the Mohawks, Avho could,

no more than the others, reconcile themselves to

the detention of their people, believing it very unjust.