The cruelties of the Spanish conquerors of the south were foreign to his nature.

The few acts of injustice with which his memory has been charged may easily be excused in the light of the circumstances of his age.

But he could not have failed to realize the possibilities of a sudden and murderous onslaught on the part of savages who thus combined a greedy readiness for feasting and presents with a sullen and brooding distrust.
Donnacona and his people were back again on the morrow, still vainly endeavouring to dissuade the French from their enterprise.

They brought with them a great quantity of eels and fish as presents, and danced and sang upon the shore opposite the ships in token of their friendship.
When Cartier and his men came ashore, Donnacona made all his people stand back from the beach.

He drew in the sand a huge ring, and into this he led the French.