Champlain and Huron plan to battle the IroquoisToday we battled the vicious Iroquois, even more natives on our land. We tried to be friendly and make alliances with the Wendat, the Algonquin, the Montagnais Etchemin, and the Hurons from the St. Lawrence River. We told them we would help in their battle on the Iroquois in the south. I left with many natives and a few French soldiers. I stopped to map a nearby lake, and when we did not find the Iroquois many of the men returned. Our group of men consisted at that point only of sixty natives and two Frenchmen. Today, however, we fought with the Iroquois after meeting them yesterday. They must have had a good two-hundred men on their side along with a few chiefs. Many men thought we could never win this battle, but I took out my arquebus and killed two of them easily. Another man killed the last. We know there will be more fighting in the days to come, but I know that the people of Quebec shall be successful.
French and Iroquois Battle
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