The one named FORTY SOLS, (40 half-penny), indian chief of the Huron
nation speaks as much on behalf of the said nation as of all those
present at the meeting.
The French having come, he said:--
"We ask that all the French be present at this Council so that they
hear and know what we will say to you.
"We are well on this land, it is very good, and we are much pleased
with it; listen well, father, we pray you.
"Mrs de Tonty went away last year; she did not return; we see you going
away to-day, father, with your wife, your children and all the
Frenchwomen as well as that of M. Radisson, who is going down with you;
that reveals to us that you abandon us.
"We are angry for good and ill-disposed if the women go away. We pray
you to pay attention to this because we could not stop you nor your
young men: we demand that Radisson remains, or at least, that he
returns promptly."
BY A NECKLACE (Wampum)
"We will escort your wife and the other Frenchwomen who intend to go
down to Montreal. Now, mind well what we are asking you.
"We readily see that the Governor is a liar, as he does not keep to
what he has promised us; as he has lied to us we will lie to him also,
and we will listen no more to his word.
"What brings that man here (speaking of M. Desnoyers)? We do not know
him and do not understand him; we are ill-disposed. It is two years
since you have been gathering in our peltries, part of which has been
taken down; we will allow nothing to leave until the French come up
with goods.
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