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ry chearfully to my Detachment ; and then purg- 

 ed their Commerce with our Savages, for every one 

 had leave to go where he pleased. This gave me an op- 

 portunity of fending two Canows under a guard of 

 Soldiers, to difpofe of a great Roll of Tobacco 

 cf 200 weight, that Mr, Dulbut had kindly prefent- 

 edttie with; for that honeft Gentleman informed 

 me, that my Soldiers might eafily purchafe Corn in 

 exchange for Tobacco, fooner than for any other 

 Commodities. I am obliged to him as long as I 

 live ; but I am much affraid, the Treafurer of the 

 Navy will make him no better compenfation for this 

 piece of Service, than for a thoufand other disburfe- 

 ments upon the King's account. The Soldiers E 

 fent with the Tobacco, returned in the latter end 

 of November, and brought with 'em the Reverend 

 Father Avenau the Jefuit, who found no occafion 

 to trouble himfelf with preaching up Abftinence 

 from Meat in the time of Lent. They brought ad- 

 vice, that a Party of the Hurons being prepared to 

 march out of their Villages, to attack the Irccfueje 

 Beaver-hunters, would fpeedily repair to the Fort to 

 reft themfeives. In the mean time I waited with 

 impatience for the arrival of one 'Turcot y and four 

 more of the Coureurs de Boh, who were to come to me 

 in the beginning of December, along with fome other 

 Huntfmen that Mr. de Dencnville had promisd to 

 fend me: But hearing nothing of 'em, and our 

 Commons being at that time very fhort, I fhould 

 have been very much pinch, cl, if four young Qana- 

 defe who were expert Huntfmen, had not tarry'd 

 with me ail Winter. The above-mention'd Party 

 of the Hurons arrived Decemb. 2. being headed by 

 one Saentjouan, who left me his Canow and his Bag- 

 gage, to keep till he returned ; for he could not 

 pofltbly continue his Navigation longer, upon the 

 account that the furface of the water began then to 

 be covered with Ice. Thefe Savages chofe to march 



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