Marauders were brought in and punished, but usually the punishment was trivial compared to the offense.

The governor wished to rule by kindness; but his lieutenants knew the Indian thoroughly.

He must not be treated with kindness where justice was merited; it gave him the idea that the white man was afraid.
Therefore, his depredations should be met with a vengeance swift and final and convincing.

But nine times out of ten De Lauson and the priests overruled the soldiers; and the depredations continued unabated.

Once, however, the Chevalier succeeded in having several gibbets erected on the island of Orleans, and upon these gibbets he strung half a dozen redskins who had murdered a family of peaceful Hurons.
Though he went about somberly, untalkative and morose, the Chevalier proved himself a capital soldier, readily adapting himself to the privations of scouting and the loneliness of long watches in the night.
He studied his Indian as one who intended to take up his abode among them for many years to come.