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the hatchway, and captured the rest. Among them 

 was Bridger, governor for the company of all its 

 stations on the bay. 



They next turned their attention to Fort Albany, 

 thirty leagues from Fort Hayes, in a direction op- 

 posite to that of Fort Eupert. Here there were 

 about thirty men, under Henry Sargent, an agent of 

 the company. Surprise was this time impossible ; 

 for news of their proceedings had gone before them, 

 and Sargent, though no soldier, stood on his de- 

 fence. The Canadians arrived, some in canoes, 

 some in the captured vessel, bringing ten captured 

 pieces of cannon, which they planted in battery 

 on a neighboring hill, well covered by intrench- 

 ments from the English shot. Here they presently 

 opened fire ; and, in an hour, the stockade with 

 the houses that it enclosed was completely rid- 

 dled. The English took shelter in a cellar, nor 

 was it till the fire slackened that they ventured out 

 to show a white flag and ask for a parley. Troyes 

 and Sargent had an interview. The Englishman 

 regaled his conqueror with a bottle of Spanish 

 w r ine ; and, after drinking the health of King Louis 

 and King James, they settled the terms of capitula- 

 tion. The prisoners were sent home in an English 

 vessel which soon after arrived ; and Maricourt 

 remained to command at the bay, while Troyes 

 returned to report his success to Denonville. 1 



1 On the capture of the forts at Hudson's Bay, see La Potherie, I. 147— 

 163; the letter of Father Silvy, chaplain of the expedition, in Saint- Val- 

 lier, Efat Present, 43 ; and Oldmixon, British Empire in America, I. 561-564. 

 (ed. 1741). An account of the preceding events will be found in La 

 Potherie and Oldmixon ; in Jeremie, Relation de la Baie de Hudson ; and in 



