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Details of the devastation of the villages are given in the 

 journal of the Chevalier de Baugy, aide-de-camp to the Marquis 

 de Denonville, of which an excerpt follows. (*l) 



"On the fourteenth of August the troops were in battle 

 array. We had prepared ourselves for marching, but the rain 

 somewhat retarded us. We expected, according to what that 

 wounded man told us, to have a skirmish this morning with the 

 Gojogoins, however nothing happened. The rain having stopped, 

 we followed our route to a village, where we found no one, as 

 the inhabitants had put out their fires and fled. In the deserted 

 places there were found seven dead bodies, which they had left 

 behind. The village, which is called Ganaguiara, was quite 

 large. We stopped to roast and eat the corn which we found 

 there. We made our savages fasten green branches to them- 

 selves, so that in case of attack we might distinguish them from 

 our enemies. 



A quarter of a league from there was a fort built by the sava- 

 ges, where they had stored much corn. They had not dared to get 

 any, however, although it was very advantageously located, 

 being steep on all sides and well defended by the savages, for 

 the\ T had made a. projection so that they could easily approach 

 a spring at the foot. 



On the fifteenth Monsieur de Tonty was sent to set it on 

 fire. He found some pigs there which did more harm than good, 

 making many sick with dysentery. 



At the same time half of our troops, conducted by M. de 

 Calliere, commenced to carry off the corn, while our savages, 

 weary of the pillage, were searching the woods, where they found 

 some booty and one little stupid old man, out of whom nothing 

 could be got. After dinner he was killed. The other half was 

 conducted by M. Vaudreuille. Our savages running ahead found 

 another old man, who told strange things. He told us that 220 

 of the Sonontouans were (or had been?) coming against us in 

 front and 550 were on our right, in case we should withdraw, so 

 that they might attack us; which however they did not do, con- 

 tenting themselves with firing at us while running away, having 

 seen the manner in which we received the attack of the first. 



*i Journal d'une Expedition cnntre Les Iroquois en 1687 redige par 

 Le Chevalier de Baugy, aide-de-camp de M. le Marquis de Denonville. 

 Excerpt translated by Mr. Adolf Duschak, from copy in the library of Dr. 

 Frank H. Severance. 



