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savages had spent itself, my friends wished me to have my trial before matters should come to a worse pass, which would happen if any of the Iroquois were killed at Montreal where they were fighting.

I was taken to the place where the chiefs of the two families of the Bear and of the Tortoise were assembled to decide my fate. They both concluded it would be wise to await the return of the warriors, and learn more particularly their intentions, and those of the Onnondagas before determining upon any