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GARONHIAGUE,
Louis, styled Hot Cinders by the French, Oneida chief, died in New
York State in 1687. He took part in the torture and murder of Father de Brebeuf
in 1649.
Afterward, having quarreled with another
Oneida sachem, he went to Canada, and, on hearing of his brother's death,
resolved never to return to his tribe. He stopped on his journey at the
Christian Indian village of La Prairie. Here his wife was converted, and soon
persuaded her husband to become a Christian.
After his baptism he was elected fourth
chief of the mission, and, although the youngest, soon became head-chief. His
eloquence and fervor produced such effect in the village that he was made
catechist. He then went among the heathen tribes, and, with the aid of religious
pictures, made numerous converts. He frequently visited his people, and
persuaded many of his old adherents to follow him to La Prairie.
In 1677 he rescued the famous convert
Catharine Tegakonita (Kateri Tekakwitha) from the persecution of her uncle, and
brought her from Gandawague to La Prairie.
In 1687 he accompanied Denonville, at the
head of fifty braves from Caughnawaga, in his invasion of the Seneca country.
The French army, while passing through a defile, fell into an ambuscade of 800
Senecas. The Christian Indians bore the brunt of the attack, and Garonhiague
fell mortally wounded.
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GARONHIAGUE, Louis, styled Hot Cinders by the French, Oneida chief, died in New York state in 1687. He took part in the torture and murder of Father de Brebeuf in 1649. Afterward, having quarrelled with another Oneida sachem, he went to Canada, and, on hearing of his brother's death, resolved never to return to his tribe. He stopped on his journey at the Christian Indian village of La Prairie. Here his wife was converted, and soon persuaded her husband to become a Christian. After his baptism he was elected fourth chief of the mission, and, although the youngest, soon became head-chief. His eloquence and fervor produced such effect in the village that he was made catechist. He then went among the heathen tribes, and, with the aid of religious pictures, made numerous converts. He frequently visited his people, and persuaded many of his old adherents to follow him to La Prairie. In 1677 he rescued the famous convert Catharine Tegakonita from the persecution of her uncle, and brought her from Gandawague to La Prairie. In 1687 he accompanied Denonville, at the head of fifty braves from Caughnawaga, in his invasion of the Seneca country. The French army, while passing through a defile, fell into an ambuscade of 800 Senecas. The Christian Indians bore the brunt of the attack, and Garonhiague fell mortally wounded.
