terminated  in  their  own  destruction.     Though  ten  of  the
twelve  missionaries  sent  from  France  had  already  laid
down  their  lives  for  the  Gospel,  fresh  laborers  were  not
wanting  to  «upply  the  places  of  those  who  had  fallen.
Father  Jogues  remained  but  a  few  months  in  his  native
country.  On  his  return  to  Canada,  he  was  commis-
sioned by  the  Governor  of  that  province  to  proceed  to
the  Mohawks,  to  congratulate  that  tribe  on  the  conclusion
of  a  recently  negotiated  treaty.  He  set  out  with  some  May  is.
Indians  for  the  scene  of  his  former  sufferings  in  company
with  Sieur  Bourdon,  rojral  engineer,  and  arrived  on  the
festival  of  Corpus  Christi,  at  Lake  Andiatoroct6,  to  which,
in  honor  of  the  day,  he  gave  the  name  of  the  Lake  of  the


9M  HISTORY  OF

BOOK  Blessed  Sacrament.*    Embarking,  soon  after,  on  the  waten
^v-i-  of  Oiogu6,  ("  called  by  the  Dutch  the  River  Mauritius,")

Ju^^i  ^^^^  ^^  length  arrived  at  Fort  Orange,  where  they  w^e
most  hospitably  received,  and  after  a  short  sojourn  pro-
ceeded to  Oneugioure,  the  first  castle  of  the  Mohawki.'
Presents  were  here  exchanged  in  ratification  of  the  peace ;
the  French  received  every  assurance  of  future  welcome,

June  16.  and  took  their  leave  much  gratified  at  the  friendly  manner
in  which  they  had  been  treated.
