Conversation with Mrs Fisher, half. breed, and Madame la Fromboise, a Chippeway ly Th a The chief who commanded the Inds- at the Massacre at Michil. was called the le Sauteur; or Mudje keewis, ветр. comp. the former work, though used by the F. to denote the Cliffemays, is mentioned by Carmer a, that whom The saw, and mentions engaged in the massacre The latter is used to devote the eldest born, but is often, says Mors. Fisher applied to persons. A son of the Sou teur, or Mundjekeivis is now living at Grand Tra LR somewhere else verse NOTE BOOK OF FRANCIS PARKMAN 208 as in Michigan. 164 the Madame la Fromboise never heard that Por time was in these parts-sh is sure that he was at Detr & thanday at the time of The attack, Jurs, Fisher has heard. but recollects indistretly the English account of a boy bound to a the French, who was hidden away during the map sacre. a тар There formerly lived here named Clark, and man named ал another named Solomons, who were traders, and escaped the massacre The for mer told Judge Abbot that he was hid in a chimn PARKMAN'S NOTE BOOK CHAPTER XII OLD MACKINAW AFTER THE MASSACRE: MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS Ο N June 12, eight days after the massacre at Old manded the fort wrote to Major Gladwin at Detroit a brief account of the disaster which corroborates in most particulars that given by Henry.1 "They made prisoners all the English Traders," he says, "and robbed them of everything they had; but they offered no violence to the persons or property of any of the Frenchmen. When that massacre was over, Messrs. Langlade and Farli, the Interpreter, came down to the place where Lieut. Lesley and me were prisoners, and on their giving themselves as security to return us when demanded, they obtained leave for us to go to the Fort, under a guard of savages, which gave time, by the assistance of the gentleman above-mentioned, to send for the Outaways, who came down on the first notice and were very much displeased at what the Chipeways had done." This, as Henry says, was not out of any regard for the English, but out of chagrin that the Ojibways should have taken this step without admitting them to the plan. The resentment of the Ottawas explains the subsequent aid they gave the English prisoners. "Since the arrival of the Ottawas," he writes, 1 Parkman, Conspiracy of Pontiac, II, 366–368. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. "they have done everything in their power to serve us." He expressed the belief that if Gladwin could send up a strong reinforcement, the fort might be re-established. "I have been very much obliged," he says, "to Messrs. Langlade and Farli, the Interpreter, as likewise to the Jesuit, for the many good offices they have done us on this occasion. The priest seems inclinable to go down to your post for a day or two, which I am very glad of, as he is a very good man, and had a great deal to say with the savages hereabout, who will believe everything he tells them on his return, which I hope will be soon." In a postscript, he adds: "And once more I beg that nothing may stop your sending of him back, the next day after his arrival, if possible, as we shall be at a great loss for the want of him.” This was Father Pierre Du Jaunay, who had been at the mission of St. Ignatius at L'Arbre Croche since 1744, and superior of the Ottawa mission since 1756.2 The following is from the Jesuit Relations:3 "Finally, in the month of July [June], 1763, at the time of the revolt of the savages of Canada against the English, the Sauteurs of Michilimakina threw themselves upon the English garrison which occupied that fort. They had already destroyed a large part of it, when Father Du Jaunay, a Jesuit priest, opened his house to serve as an asylum to what remained of the soldiers and of the English traders; but to save their lives, he greatly endangered his own. The savage youth, irritated at seeing half of their prey snatched away from them, tried to make amends for their loss at the expense of Father Du Jaunay, and the old men of the nation had difficulty in pacifying them." 2 Wis. Hist. Colls., XVII, 370, note. Ibid., XVIII, 471, note 99. 3 LXX, 251; see also LXVIII, 281; LXIX, 79; LXXI, 130, 171, 399. The Burrows Brothers Company, Cleveland, Ohio. 4 "It may be added," says Parkman, "that the Indians of L'Arbre Croche were somewhat less hostile to the English than the neighbouring tribes; for the great influence of the priest Jonois [Jaunay] seems always to have been exerted on the side of peace." The Ojibways made a formal protest to the Ottawas against their aiding the English. A council of the principal chiefs was addressed by Minavavana, who expressed surprise that they should be the only Indians who had opposed the will of the Great Spirit, which had decreed the death of all Englishmen. The Ottawas, after a day's deliberation and probably under the influence of Father Du Jaunay, diplomatically expressed a willingness to concur, and an adjustment was made regarding the prisoners, who were taken to the mission at L'Arbre Croche. It was from here that Etherington, the day before writing to Gladwin, sent a note to Lieutenant Gorell, Commandant at Green Bay, where an English garrison had been stationed in 1761. Gorell was a man of judgment and tact, and had so won the Indians about him, that his post had been spared from the general attack planned by Pontiac. On receiving this letter from Etherington, he held a council, at which he told the Indians what had happened at Mackinaw, that he was going there to restore order, and that he commended the fort to their care in his absence. The effect of his firmness, his flattering expressions of confidence, and the liberal presents distributed, was reinforced by the fortunate arrival of news from the Dahcotahs, the dreaded enemies of the Green Bay Indians, who said that they had heard the news from Mackinaw, and that they would take ample revenge on any Indians that should 4 Parkman, Conspiracy of Pontiac, I, 366. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. |