They arrived within two leagues of Corlear about four o'clock in the evening, and were harangued by the great Mohawk chief of the Iroquois from the Sault. He urged on all to perform their duty, and to lose all recollections of their fatigue, in the hope of taking ample revenge for the injuries they had received from the Iroquois at the solicitation of the English, and of washing them out in the blood of the traitors. This savage was without contradiction the most considerable of his tribe an

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honest man

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of spirit, prudence and generosity as

was possible, and capable at the same time of the grandest undertakings. Shortly after four Squaws were discovered in a wigwam who gave every information necessary for the attack on the town. The fire found in their hut served to warm those who were benumbed, and they continued their route, having previously detached as full

Giguieres, a Canadian, with nine Indians, on the look out.

it

They discovered no one, and returned

to join the main body within one league of Corlear.

At eleven of the clock that night, they came within sight of the town, resolved to defer the But the excessive cold admitted of no further delay. The town of Corlear forms a sort of oblong with only two gates one opposite the road we had taken the other leading to Orange, which is only six leagues distant. Messieurs de Sainte Helene and de Mantet were to enter at the first which the squaws pointed out, and which in fact was found assault until two o'clock of the morning.