[96] 



Commander ordering all the Officers to come together, 

 Inform'd them of his intentions and ordered that no Veffels 

 mould depart from the Fleet, but to attend the Motions of 

 their Commadore, as formerly, except they were parted 

 by Storms or thick Fogs, and if fo it mould happen that 

 any did part, when they come to P affamequady ^ mould 

 Hop there a while, for there they intended to flop, and do 

 bufinefs with the help of their Boats againft the Enemy, 

 and if they mift that to Hop at Mac/iias; 254 which was the 

 next place he intended to flop at, having an account by the 

 Prifoners taken, That Mr. Lateril^ was there a trading 

 with the Indians in that River: Incouraging them, faid, 

 He did not doubt but to have a good booty there; and if 

 they mould pafs thofe two places, be fure not to go paft 

 Naskege-Tpomt™ but to flop there, till he came, and not to 

 depart thence in a Fortnight without his orders, having 

 great Service to do in and about Penobfcot, &c. Then the 

 Major difcourfed with Capt. Brackit? 1 Capt. Hunewell™ 

 and Capt. Larking?® [96] (with their Lieutenants) Com- 

 manders of the Forces belonging to the Eaftward parts, 

 who were to difcourfe their Souldiers about their proceed- 

 ing, when they came to Penobfcot) and the Major himfelf 



253 The bay into which empties the fifth expedition, with his family, fome 

 St. Croix, the boundary between the of whom were reported to be drowned. 

 United States and the Britilh Provinces. 256 See note 225, ante. 



254 The next port weftward. 257 See note 120, ante. 



255 Probably the Frenchman who is 258 See note 157, ante. 



twice referred to fubfequently (on p. 259 There was a Samuel Larkin 

 109 of the original paging) as "old among the early inhabitants of Portf- 

 Lotriel" and as being captured in the mouth, N.H. 



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