3$B An Hîjiorîcal yournal of 



condud us to St. 4^gufiin, becaufe on the Route which we were 

 obliged to take there were fome numerous Nations, with whcwa 

 Be was at War. I know not whether they did not then repent of 

 Iiaving foinconfiderately forfaken the Adour^ for after Don D/V^^ 

 left us, they fent the Canoe to her ; but thofe who went in 

 it to her, told us at their Return, that the Savages had broke 

 her to Pieces, and that fhe was filling with Water. 



The 23d, the Boat was finifhed, and they thought in earneft 

 ^he deliberate I'^^o^ve what Courfe to take. They had 

 9n the^Courfe ^^the Choice of two, and they were divid- 



are to take ^ * ^^^^^^ "^txo, for hazarding the PafTage 

 to the Ha'vannah, the others were for follow- 

 ing the Coaft to St. Augujiin. The latter Courfe feemed the 

 fafeft, the former was the Ihorteft. But if this was a prudent 

 Courfe, we ought to have done it the Day after the Ship- 

 wreck, or rather have fent the Long-Boat to the Hwvannahy 

 to have informed the Governor of our Situation, and to have 

 afeed him to fend us a Brigantine. The Rigging alone of the 

 Adour^ would have been more than fufficient to have repaid 

 the Expences he might have been at. 



However that might be, the greatell Part of the Ship's Com- 

 er? J- 'J J pany were of the laft Opinion ; it was im- 

 fheyaredz^tded. ^^^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ r^^^^ 



were forty ; and they demanded the Boat and the Canoe, and we 

 wexQ obliged to yield to their Requeft. The Chaplain of the 

 Adour was of this Number : If it had not been fo, I Ihouîd have 

 thought myfelf obliged to accompany them ; but it wasnecefïary 

 to divide the fpiritual Aids, as we did the Provifions. The next 

 Morning, after Mafs, the Chaplain, who was a Do7mnican Fa- 

 ther, defired that I would blefs the three Vehicles : I obeyed, 

 and I baptised the Boat, and called it the St. Saviour. In the 

 Evening after Prayers, I made a laft Effort to bring all our 

 People to be of one Opinion : I eafily obtained, that the Day 

 following they fhould depart together, that they fhould go to 

 encamp in the Ifland that was farthell from the Land, and that 

 they fhould determine there according to the Wind. 



We departed in Fadlthe zçth about Noon, and we failed to- 

 j^ether for feveral Leagues ; but towards Sun-fet, we faw the 

 Boat take the Channel, that they muft crofs to go to the Ha- 

 «tiannahr without concerning themfelves about the Canoe, w^hofe ' 

 jProvifions they carried; and which not being able to follow 

 them, was obliged to join us. We received them kindly, tho* 

 amongll thofe who were in it, there were fome whom we had Rea- 

 fon not to be pleafed with. We landed in the Ifland, where we 

 had agreed all to unite, and where a Company of Savages were 

 come already, I know not with what Defign. We were upon our 



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