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that they run immediately to take Poffeffion of that 

 advantageous Port : but they knew not how to make 

 the right ufe of it. The Outaouas were too hafly ia 

 firing j and by fhooting at too great a diftance, gave 

 all the Enemies an opportunity of making their Ef- 

 cape, abating for ten or twelve whofe Heads were 

 brought into the little Fort where I ftay'd The 

 Slaves indeed were all retaken, and fo refcued from 

 the Cruelty of thefe Tygers; which encouraged us 

 to reft fatisfied. When the Expedition was over, we 

 ftow'd thefe poor Wretches in our Caiiows, and 

 fteer'd with all Expedition to the Straight or Neck of 

 the Lake of Huron, which we made on the igttu 

 We enjoy'd a great deal of Pleafure in ftemming the 

 Current of that Streight ; the Ifiands of which, thac 

 I mentioned above, were covered with Roe-bucks. 

 This opportunity we did not flight; nor did we 

 grudge our flopping upon thefe Ifiands for eight: 

 days ; during which time we were bufied in Hunt- 

 ing, and mfrefli'd our feSves with plenty of excellent 

 Fruit that was fully ripe. Here the wounded and 

 retaken Prifoners had an opportunity of refting, and 

 of drinking the Broth of feveral forts of Meat ; and 

 we had time to broil as much Meat as we could flow 

 in our Canows, not to mention the great numbers 

 of Turkeys that we were oblig'd to eat upon the 

 fpot, for fear that the heat of the Seafbn would fpoif 



In that fpace of time the poor wounded Savages 

 were carefully purg'd with fuch Roots as the Ameri- 

 cans are well vers'd in; which 1 mean to explain to 

 you in its proper time and place; and they wanted 

 not good Reftoratives of Jelly-broth. The 24th we 

 re-embark'd, and arriv'd at Night at Fort St. Jofepb, 

 where I found a Party of eighty Oumamis command- 

 ed by one Mkhitonka, who being lately return'd front 

 Niagara, expected my Arrival with the utmoft im- 

 patience, ,Wh$n I landed, I was furpns'd to fee thtf 



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