An Authentic And Comprehensive History Of Buffalo, With Some Account Of Its Early Inhabitants, Both Savage And Civilized And Historic Notices Of The S

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Excerpt from An Authentic and Comprehensive History of Buffalo, Vol. 1 The torture of Father J ogues and others by the Mohawks, in 1643, has been referred to by some Writers as evidence of their cruelty, he being a Jesuit Priest, or Missionary. But it should be remembered that he was taken in battle. He was found with weapons of war in his hands, fighting by the side of the Hurons, the sworn enemies of the Iroquois. He had taken the sword, and could expect nothing else but to perish by the sword. He had undertaken to act the warrior's part, could he expect to escape the warrior's fate?