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ethers. The fecond I will build in the fame place 

 where it was when I maintained it, in the years 

 1687, and 1688. whereof I have wrote to you in 

 my 14^ and i$th Letter: and the third at the Mouth 

 of the Bay of Toronto, upon the fame Lake. Ninety 

 Men will be fufficient to Garrifon thefe three Re- 

 doubts, and perhaps a fmaller number ; for the lro~ 

 quefe who never faw a Canon, but in a Pi&ure, and 

 to whom an ounce of Powder is more precious than 

 a Lewis- D or, can never be perfwaded to attack any 

 kind of Fortification* I defire of the King for put- 

 ting this Project in execution, iyooo Crowns a year, 

 for the Maintenance, Entertainment, Subfiftance, 

 and pay of thefe 25*0 Men. It will be very eafie 

 for me to tranfport with the ahovemention'd Vef- 

 fels 400 Savages, into the Country of the Iroquefe^ 

 whenever I have a mind. I can carry Provifionsfor 

 2000, and tranfport as many Sacks of Indian Corn, 

 as are neceffary for maintaining thefe Forts both in 

 Winter and Summer. 3 Tis eafie to have plenty of 

 Hunting and Shooting in all the Ifles, and to con- 

 trive ways for croffing the Lakes ; and it will be fo 

 much the more eafie to purfue the Iroquefe in their 

 Cjbnows, and fink them, that my Veffels are light, 

 and my Men fight under a Cover. In fine, if you 

 faw the Memorial which I am to prefent to Mr. 

 Pontchartrain, you would find that this Enterprize 

 is the fineft and mod ufeful that can be invented, 

 to diftrefs the Iroquefe in time of War, and confine 

 them within bounds in time of Peace. Mr. Fronte- 

 nac has joyn'd to it a private Letter to Mr. Vontchar- 

 train, wherein he obferves to him, that if this Pro- 

 ject were well put in execution, thefe terrible Ene- 

 mies would be oblig'd in two years time, to aban- 

 don their Country. After this he adds, that he judg- 

 es me fufficiently qualified to go upon fuch an In- 

 terprife; and believes I will make my point good. 

 Perhaps he might have light on others that know 

 the Country and Cuftoms of the Savages better than 



