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rooQi almost dark, he saw two traders and a soldier 

 imprisoned. They were released, and directed to 

 follow the party. The whole then proceeded 

 together to the lake shore, where they were to 

 emhark for the Isles du Castor. A chilling wind 

 blew strongly from the north-east, and the lake 

 was covered with mists, and tossing angrily. Henry 

 stood shivering on the beach, with no other upper 

 garment than a shirt, drenched with the cold rain. 

 He asked Langlade, who was near him, for a 

 blanket, which the latter refused unless security 

 were given for payment. Another Canadian proved 

 more merciful, and Henry received a covering from 

 the weather. With his three companions, guarded 

 by seven Indians, he embarked in the canoe, the 

 soldier being tied by his neck to one of the cross- 

 bars of the vessel. The thick mists and the tem- 

 pestuous weather compelled them to coast the 

 shore, close beneath the wet dripping forests. In 

 this manner they had proceeded about eighteen 

 miles, and were approaching L'Arbre Croche, when 

 an Ottawa Indian came out of the woods, and called 

 to them from the beach, inquiring the news, and 

 asking who were their prisoners. Some conversa- 

 tion followed, in the course of which the canoe 

 approached the shore, where the water was very 

 shallow. All at once, a loud yell was heard, and a 

 hundred Ottawas, rising from among the trees and 

 bushes, rushed into the water, and seized upon the 

 canoe and prisoners. The astonished Ojibwaa 

 remonstrated in vain. The four Englishmen were 

 taken from them, and led in safety to the shore. 



