Note 6 — Historical Introduction.
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La Salle had, in the parlance of the present day, “made himself solid” with the Governor, by his active participation in Frontenac’s plans for the enlargement of the French power in Canada; especially in the matter of holding a council with the Iroquois, at Onondaga, where a treaty of peace was secured from that powerful and warlike tribe, which seemed to ensure peace for many years.