208 THE ROUYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Adm. Sec. In Letters. Vol. 1487. 



Copy transcribed in CO. 5. Vol. 47 pp. 123-6.— M. 205 pp. 77-9. 



Oswego Sloop, at Oswego June 28th 1756. 



Sir 



June the 27th being about Twenty two Leagues W N W from Oswego, the 

 Ontario and one of the Small Schooners in Company, the Wind Westerly, we Stearing 

 S E, at Y<i past 3 in the Morning saw two Sail in the N W Quarter, upon which I 

 wore and stood towards them, they at the same time coming down large upon us, 

 at 4 Saw two more sail likewise bearing down, at x /% past four the two headmost 

 being about two thirds of a Mile upon my weather bow, hall'd their Wind Tack'd 

 clew'd their Main Topsls. up and laid them aback, one of them Hoisted a white 

 Flag at his Fore Topmost head, & fir'd two guns, the other two Still coming down 

 to them, At this time we plainly discover'd one of them to have Seven guns of a side, 

 the other appear'd to be about the same Size, we saw plainly she had Eight guns 

 mounted with Ports for more but could not distinguish if there was guns mounted 

 in them, they both appear'd to be quite new, at this time I brought too & desired 

 Capt. Laforey to come on Board me, upon Consulting with him & our Officers, it 

 was unanimously agreed that as they were so much Superior to us it would be very 

 imprudent to come to Action with them, the whole Strength of our Vessels being 

 four four Pounders one three Pounder, and ten Swivels each, the Small Schooner 

 Six Swivells, we with the Party we had from the Garrisson off Oswego, had 45 men 

 each, the small Schooner Fourteen, upon which we bore away to the So. Et. and they 

 after us, as I found we Sail'd better than the Small Schooner I order'd her to bear 

 away more to the Et. Wd. which she did for some time & then hall'd up to the N. Wd, 

 upon which one of the Sternmost french Vessels gave her Chase & very soon after 

 Another of them stood to the No. Wd; the two largest followed us Untill near Eight, 

 the Headmost of them Firing several chace Guns some of the Shott going over us, 

 the Headmost of them at this time wore under Capt. Laforeys Stern & discharg'd 

 her broadside they then stood to the N E after the other two, at Noon we lost sight 

 of them they were all four of them Schooners, I can form no Judgment of the Strength 

 of the Two Sternmost of them they comeing down end on upon us, but take them to 

 be the two Vessels that they have had some time upon the Lake, I came in here last 

 Night, & the Builder informing me the New Sloop will be ready to launch in four 

 days & the Brig in Eight days, I have set all the Seamen to get every thing ready 

 to get them out with the Utmost Expedition, and hope by the time we get them 

 rigg'd the Guns & Sails will come up, the Brig has 8 Ports of a Side and the Sloop 6. 



I am Sir 



Your most Humble Servt. 



Hn. Broadley. 



