310 June 1749* 



paths leading to it from the woods, faid to 

 be made by beavers, and other animals, 

 which reforted here to drink. After go- 

 ing a little more than three Englijh miles, 

 we came to a place, where a fire was yet 

 burning, and then we, little thought that 

 we had narrowly efcaped death laft night/ 

 as we heard this evening. Now and then 

 we met with feveral trees lying acrofs the 

 river, and ibme dykes of beavers, which 

 were troublefpme to us. 



Towards night we met with ^French 

 ferjeant, and fix French foldiers, who were. 

 fent by the commander of Fort St. Frede- 

 ric, to accompany three Englifimen to Sa- 

 ratoga, and to defend them in cafe of ne- 

 ceflity, againil fix French Indians, who 

 were gone to be revenged on the Englijh, 

 for killing the brother of one of them in 

 the laft war. The peace was already con- 

 cluded at that time, but as it had not yet 

 been proclaimed in Canada, the Indians 

 thought they could take this ftep ; there- 

 fore they filently got away, contrary to the 

 order of the Governor of Montreal,- and 

 went towards the Englip plantations. We 

 here had occafion to admire the care of 

 Providence for us, in efeaping thefe bar- 

 barians. We found the grafs trod down all 

 the day along, but had no thoughts of dan- 

 ger, 



