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of the faid Ifland: Then the Major took part of his Forces 

 and mov'd toward Day to the other end of the faid Ifland, 

 where they found two French Men, and their Families in 

 their houfes; and that one or both of them had Indian 

 Women to their Wives, and had Children by them. The 

 Major prefently examining the French men, Where the 

 Indians were ? They told him, That there was a great 

 company of them upon an Ifland juft by: 181 and fhowing 

 him the Ifland, prefently difcover'd feveral of them. Maj. 

 Church and his Forces ftill keeping undifcover'd to them, 

 ask'd the French men where their pafling Place was? 

 Which they readily fhew'd him; fo prefently placed an 

 Ambafcade to take any that fhould come over. Then 

 fent orders for all the reft of the Forces to come; fending 

 them an account what he had feen & met withal; ftrickly 

 charging them to keep themfelves undifcovered by the 

 Enemy. The Ambafcade did not lye long before an In- 

 dian Man and a Woman came over in a Canoo to the 

 Place for landing, where the Ambafcade was laid: who 

 haul'd up their Canoo, and came right into the hands of 

 our Ambafcade, who fo fuddenly furprized them that they 

 could not give any notice to the others from whence they 

 came; the Major ordering that none of his fhould offer to 

 meddle with the Canoo, left they fhould be difcovered, 

 hoping to take the moft of them if his Forces came as 

 order'd, he expecting them to come as directed. But the 

 firft news he had of them was, That they were all coming, 



181 Long Ifland. {Ibid. 636.] 



