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Eafl fide of the River, the French firing briskly at them, 

 but did them no harm; and running fiercely upon the Ene- 

 my, they foon fled into the Woods. The Major ordered a 

 brisk party to run a crofs a Neck 247 to cut them off from 

 their Canoo's, which the day before they had made a dif- 

 covery of ; fo the Commander with the reft ran directly 

 towards the New Fort they were a building, not knowing 

 but they had fome Ordnance mounted. The Enemy run- 

 ning directly to their Canoo's was met by our Forces, who 

 fired at them and kill'd one and wounded Corporal Can- 

 ton?* 9, who was taken, the reft threw down what they had 

 and ran into the woods; the faid Prifoner Canton being 

 brought to the Major, told him, if he would let his Sur- 

 geon drefs his wound and cure him, he would be Service- 

 able to him as long as he liv'd: fo being drefs'd, he was 

 Examin'd: who gave the Major an account of the Twelve 

 great Guns which were hid in the beach below high wa- 

 ter Mark (the Carriges, Shot and Wheelbarrows, fome 

 Flower & Pork, all hid in the Woods:) And the next 

 Morning the Officers being all ordered to meet together, 

 to confult about going up the River to Vilboons Fort, 249 



247 The neck, apparently, between the at the Gemfec. Haliburton gives the 

 St. John and the Riviere de Cam- following paper, which defcribes mi- 

 bechis (Haliburton gives it Kennebeck- nutely its condition in 1670 ; and which 

 q/is), the firft Eaftern confluent of the may be worth the (pace it will occupy as 

 former above its mouth. hinting the fafhion of thefe Indian forts, 



248 It would be a hopelefs talk to con- and their fittings in the earlier days : 

 jecture what French name lies perdu "Inventory. — 1. At the entering in 

 under this cognomen. of faid Fort, on the left hand we found 



249 The fort which was the headquar- a court of guard about 15 paces long, 

 ters of Villebon was up the St. John and 10 broad, having, upon the right 



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