 The French built a stockade and a few buildings overlooking Onondaga Lake (Ganantaa in Iroquois).In addition to the Jesuit missionaries and their Doneé servants/tradesmen, a contingent of French Coureur des bois (Runners of the Wood) were sent to defend the mission.After two years, the Mohawks threatened to attack the mission, and a new French Governor lost interest in the project.