CHAPTER XVI.

1680.

TONTY AND THE IROQUOIS.

The Deserters.--The Iroquois War.--The Great Town of the

Illinois.--The Alarm.--Onset of the Iroquois.--Peril of

Tonty.--A Treacherous Truce.--Intrepidity of Tonty.--Murder

of Ribourde.--War upon the Dead. 216