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thoufand Crowns- worth of Goods in their Cafiows^ 

 to be difpos'd of in exchange with the Nations that 

 dwell upon thefe Lakes; as alfo, That Mv.Dulhut 

 had taken another English Convoy, being affifted by 

 the Coureurs de Bok> and the Savages, who had fhar'd 

 the former Capture ; and that he had kept the Eng- 

 IJh and Iroquefe as Prifoners, as well as their Com- 

 mander, who was call'd Major Gregory. In fine, he 

 reprefented to Mr. de Denonville, that 'twas high time 

 for him to fet out from Fort Frontenac, if he mean'd 

 to appear at the general Rendezvous, where the 

 Auxiliary Troops fent from the Lakes would arrive 

 very fpeedily. The next day, being the 3d of July-, 

 the Sieur de la Foreft embarqued again for Niagara^ 

 and fteer'd to the North-fide of the Lake. At the 

 fame time we embarqued, and flood to the oppofite 

 fide of the Lake, being favoured by the Calms which 

 in that Month are very common. 



By good luck, our whole Body arriv'd almoft at 

 one and the fame time in the River of the Tfonontou- 

 ans; and upon that occafion, the Savages, our Al- 

 lies, who draw Predictions from the mod trifling 

 Accidents, fhew'd their wonted Superftition in ta- 

 king this for an infallible Prefage of the utter Be- 

 ftru&ion of the Iroquefe : tho' after all they prov'd 

 falfe Prophets, as you will find by the fequel of this 

 Letter. The fame Night that we Landed, we hawl'd 

 our Canows and Boats out of the Water, and fet a 

 ftrong Guard upon 'em. This done, we built a Fort 

 of Stakes or Pales, where we left the Sieur Bcrvillers 

 with four hundred Men to guard our Shipping and 

 Baggage. The next day, a young Canadefe, call'd Fon- 

 taine Marion, was unjuftly foot to death. His cafe 

 ftood thus : Having travelled frequently all over this 

 Continent, he was perfe^ly well acquainted with 

 the Country, and with the Savages of Canada $ and 

 after the doing of feveral good Services to the King, 

 defir'd Leave from the Governour general to conti- 

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