"Corlear and Kinshon,--Courage! Courage! In the spring to Quebec! Take that place--You will have your feet on the necks of the French, and all their friends in America." Another consultation terminated in the adoption of the following answer to be sent to the Canadians. 1. "Yonondio! You have notified your return to us, and that you have brought back thirteen of our people who were carried to France--We are glad of it. You desire us to meet you at Cadaraqui next spring, to treat of the old chain. But, Yonondio! how can we trust you, who have acted deceitfully so often? Witness what was done at Cadaraqui--the usage our messengers met with at Uttawas, and what was done, to the Senecas at the same place." Here a belt was given, indicating a willingness still to treat. 2. "Thurensera, Ohguesse and Ertel! Have you observed friendship with us? If you have not, how came you to advise us to renew friendship with Yonondio?" A belt also was attached to this answer. 3. "Tawerahet! The whole Council is glad to hear of your return with the other twelve. Yonondio!--You must send home Tawerahet and the others this present winter--before spring. We will save all the French we have prisoners till that time." 4. "Yonondio!--You desire to speak with us at Cadaraqui;--Don't you know that your fire there is extinguished? It is extinguished with blood. You must send home the prisoners in the first place." 5. "We let you know that we have made peace with the Wagunhas." 6. "You are not to think that we have laid down the axe, because we return an answer. We intend no such thing. Our Far-fighters shall continue the war till our countrymen return." 7. "When our brother Tawerahet is returned, then we will speak to you of peace." Such was the result of the great exertions made at this time by the Canadian Government to overawe the Five Nations, and to draw them away from the English alliance. The whole proceeding, though indeed it furnishes no extraordinary specimens of their eloquence, illustrates in the plainest manner the very favorable circumstances under which their orators came forward, and the inducements they had to devote their genius to the council-house, even in preference to war.