_Eastern Cree_
At Iroquois Falls, a war party of Iroquois attacked and killed a
Cree party. They took the plunder of the camp, and saved one woman
alive for a guide. They asked her if she could run a rapid, and she
said, “Yes.”
Now when the party came to a point above the Iroquois Falls, the
woman guide told them it was possible to shoot the rapids there if
the women and goods were taken out of the canoes to lighten them.
The Iroquois let her out, as well, and she went by the portage. When
the Iroquois saw her there, they put out from shore, though the
waters were very swift. As they neared the falls, they saw how high
they were. Then the Cree woman saw them try to escape, but they
could not. The current of the water was too swift. So they headed
their canoes for the falls and sang their war song. All went
crashing over the falls and were drowned.