Betty B.
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871 appearances
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 3d ago
Betty B.’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The next day we entered the lake, which is of great extent, say eighty or a hundred leagues long, where I saw four fine islands, ten, twelve and fifteen leagues long and
which were formerly inhabited by the savages, like the river of the Iroquois, but they have been abandoned since the wars of the savages with one another prevailed.
There are also many rivers falling into the lakes.
bordered by many fine trees of the same kinds as those we have in France, with many vines finer than any I have seen in any other place, also many chestnut trees on the border of this lake, which I had not seen before.
Continuing our course over this lake on the western side, I noticed, while observing the country, some very high mountains on the eastern side, on the top of which there was snow.
I made inquiry of the savages whether these localities were inhabited, when they told me that the Iroquois dwelt there and that there were beautiful valleys in these places, with plains productive in grain, such as I had eaten in this country.
Together with many kinds of fruit without limit.
They said also that the lake extended near mountains, some twenty five leagues distant from us as I judge.
I saw in the south other mountains no less high than the first, but without any snow.
When it was evening we embarked in our canoes to continue our course, and as we advanced very quietly and without making any noise, we met on the twenty ninth of the month the Iroquois, about ten o'clock at evening, at the extremity of a cape which extends into the lake on the western bank.
They had come to fight.
We both began to utter loud cries, all getting their arms in readiness.
We withdrew out on the water, and the Iroquois went on shore, where they drew up all their canoes close to each other and began to fell trees with poor axes, which they acquire in war sometimes, using also others of stone.
Thus they barricaded themselves very well.
Our forces also passed the entire night, their canoes being drawn up close to each other and fastened to poles, so that they might not get separated, and that they might be all in readiness to fight, if occasion required.
After arming ourselves with light armor, we each took an arc boost and went on shore.
I saw the enemy go out of their barricade, nearly two hundred in number, stout and rugged in appearance.
They came at a slow pace toward us with a dignity and assurance which greatly amused me, having three chiefs at their head.
Our men also advanced in the same order, telling me that those who had three large plumes were the chiefs, and that they had only these three, and that they could be distinguished by these plumes, which were much larger than those of their companions, and that I should do what I could to kill them.
I promised to do all in my power and said that I was very sorry they could not understand me, so that I might give order and shape to their mode of attacking their enemies.
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