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enterprise and he nearly perished together. His 

 canoe overset in a rapid at some distance above 

 the site of Bangor : he was swept down the current, 

 his head was dashed against a rock, and his body 

 bruised from head to foot. For five days he lay 

 helpless with fever. He had no sooner recovered 

 than he gave the Indians a war-feast, at which 

 they all sang the war-song, except Madockawando 

 and some thirty of his clansmen, whom the others 

 made the butt of their taunts and ridicule. The 

 chief began to waver. The officer and the mis- 

 sionary beset him with presents and persuasion, till 

 at last he promised to join the rest. 



It was the end of June when Villieu and Thury, 

 with one Frenchman and a hundred and five In- 

 dians, began their long canoe voyage to the Eng- 

 lish border. The savages were directed to give no 

 quarter, and told that the prisoners already in their 

 hands would insure the safety of their hostages in 

 the hands of the English. 1 More warriors were to 

 join them from Bigot's mission on the Kennebec. 

 On the ninth of July, they neared Pemaquid ; but it 

 was no part of their plan to attack a garrisoned 

 post. The main body passed on at a safe distance ; 

 while Villieu approached the fort, dressed and 

 painted like an Indian, and accompanied by two 

 or three genuine savages, carrying a packet of 

 furs, as if on a peaceful errand of trade. Such visits 

 from Indians had been common since the treaty ; 

 and, while his companions bartered their beaver 



1 Villebon, Memoire, Juillet, 1694 ; Instruction du S r . de Villebon au S r . 

 de Villieu. 



