54 Some New Voyages 



As foon as Mr. de la Barre recovered, he imbarqu'd 

 in order to continue his march ; tho* he might have 

 eafily known, that after halting fourteen or fifteen 

 days at that Fort, when the feafon was fo far ad- 

 vanc'd, he could not pretend to compafs the end 

 of his Expedition. We row'd Night and Day the 

 Weather being very calm, and in five or fix days 

 came before the River of Famine, where we were 

 forc'd to put in upon the apprehenfion of a Storm. 

 Here we met with a Canow that Mr. Dulhut had 

 fent from Mijfrfimakinac, with advice, thatpurfuant 

 to orders he had ingag'd the Hurons , Outaouas y 

 and fome other People , to joyn his Army ; in 

 which he had above two hundred 

 •fceCoureurs brave * Foreft Rangers. Thefe News 



T0Me° lSintbe Were Ver y aCce P ta ^' e t0 Mr. de la 

 Barre ; but at the fame time he was ve- 

 ry much perplexed ; for I'm perfwaded he repented 

 oftner than once, of his entring upon an Expedi- 

 tion that he forefaw would prove Succefslefs j and 

 to aggravate the danger of his Enterprife, the Iro~ 

 queje had at that time an opportunity to fall upon 

 us. In fine, after a mature consideration of the 

 Confequences, and of the Difficulties that flood in 

 the way, he fent back the Canow to Mr. Dulhut? 

 with orders to difmifs the Foreft Rangers and Sava- 

 ges immediately, where-ever he was, and by all 

 means to avoid the approaching to his Troops. By 

 good luck Mr. Dulhut had not yet reached Niagara, 

 when he received thefe Orders; with which the Sa- 

 vages that accompany'd him were fo diflatisfied^ 

 that they threw out all manner of Ihvedives againft 

 the French Nation. 



As foon as Mr. dela Barre had difpatch'd this Ca- 

 now, he fent Mr. k Moine to the Village of the 

 Onnontagues y which lay about eighteen Leagues up 

 the River. This Mr. le Moine was a Gentleman of 

 Normandy, and highly efteem'd by the Iroquefe, who 



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