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provisions ; but contrary to Arnold's expecta- 

 tion, he returned himself with his whole divi- 

 sion, consisting of three companies ; a council 

 of war which Enosheld on the occasion, having 

 pronounced it impossible to proceed for want 

 of provisions. Arnold with the other divisions^ 

 went on with a steady and daring resolution, 

 determined either to succeed or to perish. 

 Having crossed the heights of land, they arrived 

 at length at the head of Chandiere river, a stream 

 which falls into the river St. Lawrence, not far 

 from Quebec, Travelling on this river, they 

 $oon ?,pproached the inhabited parts of Canada, 

 and on November the third, they procured some 

 provisions, and soon after came to a house, being 

 the first they had seen for thirty one days. 

 During all that period, they had been struggling 

 against difFiculties almost insurmountable, in a 

 rough, barren, uninhabited country, where even 

 the Indians did not reside- 

 As soon as Arnold appeared with his troops, 

 the Canadians discovered the same disposition, 

 to give him a favorable reception, that they had 

 manifested towards Montgomery ; at Sertigan, 

 the first French village at which they arrived, 

 about twenty five leagues from Quebec, they 

 were kindly entertained, and plentifully sup- 

 plied with fresh beef, butter, fowls, and veget- 

 ables. Washington had prepared and signed a 

 declaration, announcing to the Canadians that 

 the Americans were not come to injure, plun- 

 der, or make war upon them, but to defend and 

 preserve the liberties of every part of the conti- 

 nent ; inviting them to join in the grand object 

 ^nd pursuit, and assuring them that they should 



