1689.] HIS ARRIVAL. 191 



With little hope left that the grand enterprise 

 against New York conlcl succeed, Frontenac made 

 sail for Quebec, and, stopping by the way at Isle 

 Percee, learned from Eecollet missionaries the irrup- 

 tion of the Iroquois at Montreal. He hastened on ; 

 but the wind was still against him, and the autumn 

 woods w r ere turning brown before he reached his 

 destination. It was evening when he landed, amid 

 fireworks, illuminations, and the firing of cannon. 

 All Quebec came to meet him by torchlight ; the 

 members of the council offered their respects, and 

 the Jesuits made him an harangue of welcome. 1 It 

 was but a welcome of words. They and the council- 

 lors had done their best to have him recalled, and 

 hoped that they were rid of him for ever ; but now 

 he was among them again, rasped by the memory 

 of real or fancied wrongs. The count, however, 

 had no time for quarrelling. The king had told 

 him to bury old animosities and forget the past, 

 and for the present he was too busy to break the 

 royal injunction. 2 He caused boats to be made 

 ready, and in spite of incessant rains pushed up 

 the river to Montreal. Here he found Denonville 

 and his frightened wife. Every thing was in con- 

 fusion. The Iroquois were gone, leaving dejection 

 and terror behind them. Frontenac reviewed the 

 troops. There were seven or eight hundred of 

 them in the town, the rest being in garrison at the 



Denonville, 7 Jiu'n, 1689; Le Ministre a Denonville, meme date; Le Mm- 

 istre a Frontenac, me me date; Ordre du Roy a Vaudreuil, meme date; Le'Roy 

 au Sieur deia Caffiniere, meme date; Champigny au Ministre, 16 Nov., 1689. 



1 La Hontan, I 199." 



2 Instruction pour le Sieur Comte de Frontenac, 7 Juin, 1689. 



