Tonti was to mount an assault with 300 men from the rear of the Iroquois while Denonville launched a full frontal assault. de Tonti was unable to mount a large enough number of his men, so he joined with Sieurs de l'hut and de la Durantais at the front of the strait. de Tonti and the others proceeded to their rendezvous on Lake Ontario and met up with Denonville and took part in the van of the French attack against the Senecas. They later set a military post in Niagara. In 1687, de Tonti was engaged in wars with the English and their Iroquois allies. during this time, he was also able to conduct treaties with Native American tribes. In 1690, after he was granted La Salle's fur trading commission, de Tonti decided to aid French colonization in Illinois by engaging in trade. In the summer of 1697, he left Illinois in the care of his cousin Pierre de Liette. de Tonti then commenced on a journey down the Mississippi to make contact with Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who had established the Louisiana colony. de Tonti reached Louisiana and joined the colony. Later life and death Following this, de Tonti was offered by Pierre Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville the opportunity to work as a treaty negotiator and peacemaker. Working under Pierre Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville's brother Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, de Tonti was able to bring peace between the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Louisiana and proceeded to receive aid from the two nations. The use of his appliance that replaced his hand led these tribes to believe he had special powers. de Tonti died in September 1704 from yellow fever. It is believed that de Tonti's “remains were laid to everlasting rest in an unknown grave near the Mobile, and not far from the monument erected in 1902 to commemorate the site of old Mobile". References External links Henri de Tonti at Historical Marker Database 17th-century births 1704 deaths 17th-century French businesspeople 17th-century French diplomats 17th-century French writers 17th-century Roman Catholics 18th-century French diplomats 18th-century Roman Catholics Advocates of colonization American city founders American Indian Wars prisoners of war Burials in Alabama Deaths from yellow fever French amputees French colonial governors and administrators French explorers of North America French knights French male non-fiction writers French military officers French military personnel of the Franco-Dutch War French Roman Catholics Fur traders