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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
early in 1657, Chaumonot reached 1657. the more fertile and more densely peopled land of the Relation 1656-7, c. XVII. Senecas. The influence of France was planted in the beautiful valleys of Western New York. The Jesuit priests published their faith from the Mohawk to the Genesee, Onondaga remaining the central station. But the savage nature of the tribes was unchanged. At this very time, a ruthless war of extermination was waged against the nation of Erie, and in the north of Jean de Quens, 115. Ohio. The crowded hamlet became a scene of carnage. Prisoners, too, were brought home to the villages, and delivered to the flames;—and what could the Chap. XX.} Jesuits expect of nations who could burn even children with refinements of tortures? Our lives, said Mesnard, are not safe. In Quebec, and in France, men trembled for the missionaries. They pressed upon the steps of their countrymen, who had been boiled and roasted; they made their home among cannibals; hunger, thirs