conform myself to your wishes and His Majesty's orders, aware that it is the most assured means that I can take to be agreeable to you, which is the sole ambition I have in the world, and to prove to

you that no person can be with more profound respect and greater devotedness than I, my Lord, Your very humble and ob: serv*. This, my Lord, is only incidentally. I defer informing you of what has occurred in this country

during

this year, until the departure of the vessels.

Quebec, the 10th 8 ber 1684.

Demeulles.

FATHER LAMBERVILLE, MISSIONARY AT ONONDAGA, TO M. DE LA BARRE. [Onondaga, ] July 10, 1684. Sir,

--A general Assembly of

all

the Iroquois will be held here at which it

is

intended to unite

against you, and to inform the Senecas that you wished to persuade the four Iroquois Nations not to

aid them in case of war.

am surprised that M. Le Moyne or some other persons have not told you

that all the villages were confederated, and that one could not be attacked without becoming embroiled

with the others.

Did affairs permit, I should have much wished to tell you

my thoughts on many things.

brother will inform you of all when he will have the honor to see you.

My

The On [non] tagues who

have been spoken to, would like much to settle matters this is the reason my brother goes to you, whilst I still keep them disposed to give you satisfaction, in order to avoid if possible an infini;