FISHERIES OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 47 



been torn down; but only two days later, namely, on the 

 10th of September, seven vessels of Sir William Phips' fleet 

 hove in sight, bearing down up- 

 on the settlement, and obliging 

 the missionary and those of his 

 flock who had returned with him 

 to the scene, to board their boats, 

 cut their cables, and crowd on all 

 the sail that was possible. Though 

 pursued by the hostile ships they 

 continued to escape under the 

 shadow of night, which was later 

 on, however, illuminated by the 

 fires set by the enemy to the habit- 

 ations of Petite Riviere (now Bara- 



. . v Sir William Phips. 



chois), and to everything else in- 

 flammable that had escaped destruction at the hands of the 

 former invaders. 



PHIPS AT ANTICOSTL 



Not satisfied with the work of destruction at Perce, 

 Phips, on his way up the St. Lawrence to Quebec, landed a 

 party of men on Anticosti to burn the buildings attached to 

 Jolliet's fishery there. Nor was this all. One of Jolliet's 

 ships on its way down the river from Quebec was seized by 

 the enemy, and Madame Jolliet and her mother, who were 

 on board, were taken prisoners by the New England fleet. 

 After Phips' flight from Quebec, his captives were exchanged 

 for a number of New England prisoners who were in custody 

 there, amongst them having been the Captain Sylvanus Davis 

 already quoted, a young girl named Sarah Gerrish, and two 

 daughters of Lieut. Thaddeus Clarke. Clarke had been killed 

 at Casco Bay, and Sarah Gerrish, who had been made captive 

 by the Indians who had butchered the members of her family, 

 was eventually taken by them to Quebec and ransomed by 

 the French. Amongst the prisoners yielded up in exchange 

 for the above by Phips, were M. de Grandville, Abbe Trouve, 



