to North- America, 71 



two Months ago, I am now obliged to ftraggle to 

 one End of the World, as you'll find by the follow- 

 ing Journal of our Expedition. 



We broke up from St. Helens much about the time 

 I fpoke of in my laft. Mr. de Champigni went before 

 us with a ftrong Guard, and arriv'd in a Canow at 

 Fort Frontenac, eight or ten days before we came up. 

 As foon as he arriv'd, he fent two or three hundred 

 Canadefe to furprife the Villages of Rente and Gane- 

 oujjiy which lie at the diftance of feven or eight 

 Leagues from the Fort, and are inhabited by a fore 

 of Iroquefe, that deferv'd no other Ufage than what 

 they met with. Our Canadefe had no great difficulty 

 in mattering them ; for they furpris'd ? em when they 

 leaft thought of any Alarm, and brought 'em Prifa- 

 ners to Fort Frontenac, where they were tied to Pofts 

 with Cords round their Necks, Hands, and Feet. 

 We arriv'd at the Fort on the firft at July, after the 

 encountering of feveral Difficulties among the Wa- 

 ter-falls, Catara&s, and Currents, that I formerly 

 defcrib 3 d to you in my Account of Mr. de la Bane's 

 Expedition. We were more perplex'd in this Voy- 

 age than the former; for our Boats were fo heavy, 

 that we could not tranfport ? em over Land as we did 

 the Canows, but were obliged to drag 'em up through 

 the impra&icable Paffes with the force of Men and 

 Ropes. Immediately upon our Debarquing, I Went 

 ftraight to the Fort, where I faw the miferable Pri- 

 foners in the ahovemention'd Poaure. The light of 

 this piece of Tyranny fill'd me at once with Com- 

 panion and Horror j but in the mean time the poor 

 Wretches fung Night and Day, that being the cufto- 

 mary Pra&ice of the People of Canada when they 

 fall into the hands of their Enemies. They com- 

 plained , * That they were betray'd without any 

 Aground; that iu compenfation for the care they 

 € had took ever fince the Peace to furniih the Garri- 

 * fon with Fifh and Venifon, they were bound and 



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