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by way of Lake Champlain and the River St. Lawrence, concealed 
in piles of firewood. 
Cushing went to Quebec and informed the Government of the 
scheme, without disclosing McLane’s name. A week or ten days later 
McLane was again at the tavern at Swanton, Vt., on his way to Phila- 
delphia (as he alleged); there he told an American, Butterfield, of his 
employment by Adet, his visit to Montreal to learn the sentiment of 
the Canadians, and that he had secured the adhesion of Barnard and 
one Black (whom we shall meet again). He added that he would 
return to Canada in April or May with a number of men from the 
States whom he intended to take in on rafts. 
He also met Chandonet on this visit, told him the same story as 
that told to Butterfield, and further said that he had learnt that Chan- 
donet was going to live at St. Regis (6) on the River St. Lawrence 
in New York State. He thought that Chandonet would be in a very 
suitable place to assist him in getting the arms and ammunition into 
the Province on rafts of wood in the Spring. He mentioned the stock 
of dry goods which his brother-in-law was going to bring to the 
Lines, and said that the dry goods were for the purpose of collecting 
a store of provisions to be ready for the insurrection in Canada. 
Chandonet refused to take any part in the scheme. 
Nothing more is heard of McLane till the following April when he 
appeared at the Swanton tavern again and got into communication 
with Butterfield. He made enquiry for news of Canada during the 
winter, said he had heard that he had been discovered, and sent 
Butterfield to St. John’s to bring Charles Frichette to him at Swanton, 
paying Butterfield a few dollars for expenses and promising him regular 
pay from the previous November. 
Frichette had already met McLane the previous June at St. 
John’s. McLane after exacting an oath of secrecy from him had tried 
to induce him to go to see the French Minister at Philadelphia 
but in vain. He then tried to get Frichette to procure ‘a certificate 
from five or six Canadians to show that there were more people 
who wished for a change of government.” Frichette seems to have 
given him some hope that he would procure such a certificate— 
but he did not. 
This time, in April 1797, “‘near the falls of the Missiskoui (Mis- 
siquoi) River,’ McLane asked for news from Canada, found that 
Frichette had not betrayed him and that he might safely go there. 
He wished Frichette to accompany him to Canada (probably to Que- 
bec) and the two left by the South Shore Road through St. Nicholas and 
crossed the river about Wolf’s Cove, where they landed about 2 p.m., 
May 10th., 1797. McLane sent the Canadian into Quebec for Mr. 
