til Some ISlew Voyages 



Streight, having efcap'd narrowly himfelf. Howe- 

 ver, he entered the Bay, and. placed himfelf at the 

 Mouth of a great River, which rifes towards the 

 Lake of the Afimpuah, and falls into the Bay at a 

 place where he built a Redoubt, and mounted fome 

 Cannon upon it. In the fpace of three or four years 

 after, the English made fome other little Forts near 

 that River, which prov'd a confiderable baulk to 

 the Commerce of the French, who found that the 

 Savages who us'd to deal with 'em in Furs on the 

 North fide of the upper Lake, were not then to be 

 feen. 



It came to pafsin procefs of time, but how I 

 cannot tell, that one RatiJJon, and one Groulier^ 

 met in that great Lake fome C///?/Ws, who pro- 

 mis'd to condud: 'em to the bottom of the Bay, 

 where the Englifo had not yet penetrated. In ef- 

 fect, the Clijiino s were as good as their word ; for 

 they ftiew'd 'em the place they fpoke of> befides 

 feverai other Rivers upon which there was a fair 

 profped of making fuch Settlements , as would 

 carry on a great trade in Skins with feverai Savage 

 Nations. Thefe two Frenchmen returned to the Up- 

 per Lake., the fame way that they went 3 and from 

 thence made the bell of their way to Quebec^ whera 

 they offered to the chief Merchants of the place, 

 to carry Ships to Hudfons Bay ; but their Project 

 was rejeded. la fine, having met with this re- 

 oulfe, they went to Francs y in hopes of a more fa- 

 vourable hearing at Court; But after the prefenting 

 of Memorial upon Memorial, and (pending a great 

 deal of Money, they were treated as whimfical 

 Fellows. Upon that occafion the King of England's 

 AmbalTadour did not lofe the opportunity of per- 

 fwading them to go to London, where they met with 

 fuch a favourable Reception, that they got feverai 

 Ships, which they carry 'd to the Bay., not without 

 difficulty,, and built feverai Forts in different places, 



