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try, found feveral more houfes, but the People fled, and 

 carried what they had away; but in a Crick 237 found a 

 prize Bark that was brought in there by a French Priva- 

 teer: in ranging the woods took fome Prifoners, who upon 

 examination gave our Commander an account that there 

 was fome Indians upon a Neck of Land towards Alenes; 233 

 fo a party of Men was fent into thofe woods, and in their 

 ranging about the faid Neck found fome Plunder, and a 

 confiderable quantity of Hurtleburies, both green and dry, 

 which were gathered by the Indians, and had like to have 

 taken two Indians, who by the help of a birch Canoo got 

 over the River 239 and made their efcape. Alfo they found 

 two Barrels of Powder, and near half a bufhel of Bullets; 

 the French denying it to be theirs, faid they were the Sal- 

 vages ; but fure it might be a fupply for our Enemies : Alfo 

 they took from Jarman Bridgway feveral Barrels of Pow- 

 der, with Bullets, Shot, Spears and Knives, and other fup- 

 plies to relieve our Enemies; he owning that he had been 

 a Trading with thofe Indians along Cape Sable Shore, with 

 Peter AJfnow, &c. in a Sloop our Forces took from him; 

 and that there he met with the French Ships, and went 

 along with them to St. John's, and helped them to unload 

 the faid Ships and carryed up the River Provifions, Am- 



•m The mouth of Tantamar river, Beau Ba/tn ; and the neck was that 



or the Memramcook ? which terminated in Cape Ckiegnetfo, 



238 Les Mines was the name of the now known as Cumberland, 



firft bay running into the interior of - 39 Riviere aux Pommes : now Apple 



Acadia, from the Bay of Fundy W. of River? 



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