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Lay hone™ with fome of the Indians, to meet the French 

 Ships, but for what they would not tell. The Commander 

 with his Forces having done all the Service they could in 

 thofe parts, concluded to go to St. John's River 244 to do 

 further Service for their King and Country, Embark'd all 

 on board their Tranfports, 245 and having a fair wind foon 

 got to Monogeneft™ which lyes a little diftance from the 

 Mouth of St. John's River. Next Morning early the Ma- 

 jor with his Forces landed to fee what difcovery they 

 could make, Travel'd a crofs the woods, to the old Fort 

 or Falls at the Mouth of St. John's River, keeping them- 

 felves undifcovered from the Enemy; finding that there 

 were feveral Men at work, and having inform'd themfelves 

 as much as they could, (the Enemy being on the other 

 fide of the River, could not come at them) Returned 

 back, but Night coming on and dark wet Weather, with 

 bad Travelling, was oblig'd to flop in the woods till to- 

 wards day next Morning, and then went on board; foon 

 after the Major ordered all the VelTels to come to Sail, 

 and go into the Mouth of the River; being done, it was 

 not long before the Major and his Forces landed on the 



243 La Have (fee note 227, ante.) 245 Hutchinfon fays they left Beau Ba- 



244 The fcruples of thofe who thought Jin, 20 Sept., 1696. [////?. Mafs. ii : 94.] 

 " he had as good carry them to old 24ti IJle de Menagoniche (given on 

 France " as to St. John, when they were Haliburton's Map as Meogenes) lies off 

 at Penob/cot, were probably removed by the fhore, a little W. of the entrance 

 finding that they would now be going of the river St. John, and of the fite of 

 near 150 miles toward home by repairing an old fort. The new fort, which Ville- 

 thither. It teems to have made a great bon was building, was on the other (E.) 

 difference in the valor of fome of the par- fide of the river, juft above the IJle aux 

 ty, whether they were heading E. orW. Perdraux (now Partridge I.) 



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