were caught there, too, but they dared not go so far because of the
French savages; therefore they thought best to make peace. We fired
three shots in the night in honor of the year of our Lord and Redeemer,
Jesus Christ.

Praise the Lord above all! In the castle Onneyuttehage, or Sinnekens,
January 1, 1635.

January 1, 1635. Another savage scolded at us. We were scoundrels, as
told before; and he looked angry. Willem Tomassen got so excited that
the tears were running along his cheeks, and the savages, seeing that
we were not at all contented, asked us what was the matter, and why we
looked so disgusted at him. There were in all 46 persons seated near
us; if they had intended to do mischief, they could easily have caught
us with their hands and killed us without much trouble; when I had
listened long enough to the Indian's chatter I told him that he was a
scoundrel himself and he began to laugh, said he was not angry and
said: "You must not grow so furious, for we are very glad that you
came here." And after that Jeronimus gave the chief two knives, two
pairs of scissors, and a few awls and needles that we had with us. And
in the evening the savages suspended a band of seawan, and some other
stringed seawan that the chief had brought with him from the French
savages as a sign of peace and that the French savages were to come in
confidence to them, and he sang: "Ho schene jo ho ho schene I
atsiehoewe atsihoewe," after which all the savages shouted three times:
"Netho, netho, netho!" and after that another band of seawan was
suspended and he sang then: "Katon, katon, katon, katon!" and all the
savages shouted as hard as they could: "Hy, hy, hy!" After long
deliberation they made peace for four years, and soon after everyone
returned to his home.

January 2. The savages came to us and told us that we had better stop
another four or five days. They would provide for all our needs and
have us treated nicely; but I told them we could not wait so long as
that. They replied that they had sent a message to the Onondagas--that
is, the castle next to theirs--but I told them they nearly starved us.
Then they said that in future they would look better after us, and
twice during this day we were invited to be their guests, and treated
to salmon and bear's bacon.

January 3. Some old men came to us and told us they wanted to be our
friends, and they said we need not be afraid. And I replied we were
not afraid, a