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«f glory, a favorite, also, of the court of London, was 

 furnished amply with the means of securing the most 

 brilliant success. His army consisted of seven thousand 

 one hundred and seventy-three regular troops, English 

 and Germans, exclusive of a corps of artillery, and seven 

 or eight hundred men, under the orders of colonel 

 St. Leger : all his officers were men of approved merit, 

 and he was provided widi a considerable train of artillery 

 and ammunition of every sort. Guy Carleton, gover- 

 nor of Canada, who had the care of furnishing the parti- 

 cular articles, forgot nothing that might contribute to 

 the success of the expedition. The services this go- 

 vernor had rendered to the crown, — the preservation of 

 Canada, which was owing to his exertions alone, and the 

 perfect knowledge he had of the whole country, seem 

 to have given him the best pretensions to the chief com- 

 mand, but he had a spirit great enough to make him 

 forget this piece of injustice ; and went so far in favour 

 of his rival, as to consent to make treaties with the sa- 

 vages, tho' contrary to his own private opinion, and 

 from them obtained a considerable body of Indians and 

 Avarriors. The unsteady, capricious temper of these 

 people (continues our author) ; their barbarous and 

 bloody customs ; their thirst for plunder ; their infide- 

 lity in fulfilling their engagements, did not all hinder the 

 English from making them the companions of their ex- 

 pected conquests : Burgoyne harangued them with an 

 eloquent oration on the shores of Lake Champlaine, 

 calculated to inflame their courage, and restrain their 

 barbarity. But what influence can eloquence have over 



