to North* America. 8 a 



in the mean time fuffer me to fatisfie my promife, 

 in prefenting you with a relation of my Voyages. 



I imbarqued at Niagara Augufl 3. on board a Ca- 

 now mann'd with eight Soldiers of my Detach- 

 ment ; and after running three Leagues againft the 

 Current of the Streight, came that fame day to the 

 place where the Navigation flops: There I met 

 with the Sieur Grifolon de la Tourette, Brother to Mr. 

 Dulhut, who had ventur'd to come from MiJJilima- 

 hnac with a fingle Canow to joyn the Army The 

 4th we commenced our great Land-Carriage to the 

 Southward, being oblig'd to tranfport our Canows 

 from a League and a half below the great Fall of 

 Niagara, to half a League above it. Before we got 

 at any beaten or level Path*, we were forc'd to 

 climb up three Mountains, upon which an hundred 

 Iroqmfe might have knocked us all on the head with 

 Stones. While we were imploy'd in this tranfport 

 Service, we were alarmed twice or thrice; which 

 cautioned us to keep a ftrid guard, and to tranfport 

 our Baggage with all poffibie Expedition : Nay, 

 after all our precautions we were forc'd to leave one 

 half of our Baggage about half way, upon the dis- 

 covery of a thoufand Iroquefe that march'd towards 

 us. Do you judge, Sir, if we had not feme rea- 

 fon to be alarm'd ; and whether we would Hand to 

 Sacrifice all to the natural principle of Self preser- 

 vation ; tho* indeed we were in danger of lofing 

 our Lives as well as our Baggage : for we had not 

 imbarqued above the Fall half a quarter of an hour, 

 when the Enemy appeared upon the Streight fide. 

 I afliire you, I Tcap'd very narrowly; for about a 

 quarter of an hour before, I and three or four 

 Savages had gone five hundred paces out of our 

 Road, to look upon that fearful Cataradt ; and 'twas 

 as much as I could do, to get at the Canows be- 

 fore they put off To be taken by fuch cruel Fel- 



G lows, 



