1689.] TERROR AT MONTREAL. 179 



commanded a halt. It was that of the Chevalier 

 de Vaudreuil, just come from Montreal, with positive 

 orders from Denonville to run no risks and stand 

 solely on the defensive. Subercase was furious. 

 High words passed between him and Vaudreuil, 

 but he was forced to obey. 



The troops were led back to Fort Roland, where 

 about five hundred regulars and militia were now 

 collected under command of Vaudreuil. On the 

 next day, eighty men from Fort Remy attempted 

 to join them ; but the Iroquois had slept off the 

 effect of their orgies, and were again on the alert. 

 The unfortunate detachment was set upon by a 

 host of savages, and cut to pieces in full sight of 

 Fort Roland. All were killed or captured, except 

 Le Moyne de Longueuil, and a few others, who 

 escaped within the gate of Fort Remy. J 



Montreal was wild with terror. It had been 

 fortified with palisades since the war began ; but, 

 though there were troops in the town under the 

 governor himself, the people were in mortal dread. 

 No attack was made either on the town or on any 

 of the forts, and such of the inhabitants as could 

 reach them were safe ; while the Iroquois held 

 undisputed possession of the open country, burned 

 all the houses and barns over an extent of nine 

 miles, and roamed in small parties, pillaging and 

 scalping, over more than twenty miles. There is 



1 Recneil de ce qui s'est passe" en Canada depnis Vann€e 1682 ; Observa- 

 tions on the State of Affairs in Canada, 1689, N. Y. Col. Docs., IX. 431 ; 

 Belmont, Histoire du Canada; Frontenacau Ministre, 15 Nov., 1689. This 

 detachment was commanded by Lieutenant de la Rabeyre, and con- 

 sisted of fifty French and thirty Indian converts. 



