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munition, and other goods to Vilboons 240 Fort. The Major 

 having ranged all Places as was thought proper, return'd 

 back to the place where they firft Landed, and finding 

 feveral Prifoners come in, who were much troubled to fee 

 their Cattel, Sheep, Hogs & Dogs lying dead about their 

 houfes, chop'd and hack'd with Hatches, (which was done 

 without order from the Major 241 ) however he told them, 

 It was nothing to what our poor Englifh in our Frontier 

 Towns were forc'd to look upon, for Men, Women and 

 Children were chop'd and hack'd fo, and left half dead, 

 with all their Scalps taken of, and that they and their In- 

 dians ferved ours fo; and our Salvages would be glad to 

 ferve them fo too, if he would permit them; which caufed 

 them to be mighty fubmiffive, and beg'd the Major that he 

 would not let the Salvages ferve them fo. Our Indians 

 being fome what fenfible of the difcourfe, defired to have 

 fome of them to Roft, and fo make a dance; and dancing 



240 The Chevalier Villebon was fent 

 over from France to take the govern- 

 ment of Nova Scotia, fucceeding M. 

 Perot. He made his fort at the mouth 

 of the St. John the rallying point of 

 French and Indians for their delcents 

 upon the Englifh colonies. He partici- 

 pated with D 'Iberville in the capture of 

 Pemaquid, and was now back at his fort. 

 Charlevoix makes the miftake of con- 

 founding him with Villeau (fee note 

 194, ante), and fo reprefents him as 

 having been captured and releafed by 

 the Englifh. Haliburton copies the 

 blunder, faying he " was captured with 



23 others, and fent to Bolton." [Charle- 

 voix's Hijl. Nouv. France; Halibur- 

 ton's Hijl. Nov. Scot, i : 77.] 



241 Charlevoix fays that our foldiers 

 plundered the Acadians until Burgeois 

 produced a proclamation which had 

 been given by Sir Win. Phips, affuring 

 them of protection lb long as they re- 

 mained faithful to King William; and 

 that Church, being made acquainted 

 with it, refpeeted it, and ordered his 

 foldiers to do the fame, who however, 

 he adds, ftill "conducted themfelves 

 as if they had been in a conquered 

 country." \_Hift. Nouv. France.^ 



