seated near us; if they had intended to do mischief, they could easily
have caught us with their hands and killed us without much trouble;
when I had listened long enough to the Indian's chatter I told him
that he was a scoundrel himself and he began to laugh, said he was
not angry and said: "You must not grow so furious, for we are very
glad that you came here." And after that Jeronimus gave the chief
two knives, two pairs of scissors, and a few awls and needles that we
had with us. And in the evening the savages suspended a band of
seawan, and some other stringed seawan that the chief had brought
with him from the French savages as a sign of peace and that the
French savages were to come in confidence to them, and he sang:
"Ho schene jo ho ho schene I atsiehoewe atsihoewe," after which all
the savages shouted three times: "Netho, netho, netho!" and after
that another band of seawan was suspended and he sang then:
"Katon, katon, katon, katon!" and all the savages shouted as hard
as they could: "Hy, hy, hy!" After long deliberation they made
peace for four years, and soon after everyone returned to his home.

January 2. The savages came to us and told us that we had better
stop another four or five days. They would provide for all our needs
and have us treated nicely; but I told them we could not wait so long
as that. They replied that they had sent a message to the Onondagas--
that is, the castle next to theirs--but I told them they nearly starved
us. Then they said that in future they would look better after us, and
twice during this day we were invited to be their guests, and treated
to salmon and bear's bacon.

January 3. Some old men came to us and told us they wanted to be
our friends, and they said we need not be afraid. And I replied we
were not afraid, and in the afternoon the council sat here--in all, 24