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Before the end of the year, the colony had com¬ 
menced a trade with the Seclaves and other nations. 
The detachment, which was ordered to find a road 
across the country to Bombatok, had succeeded only 
in part, being stopped by the natives of the province 
of Antanguin, the first village of the Seclaves, who, 
it appears, were still jealous of their designs. The 
Saphirobia, whose country lay near the settlement at 
Louisbourg, were continually endeavouring to excite 
an insurrection, but the friendly chiefs of St. Mary, 
Foule Point, and of the Sambarives, warned the 
governor against them, by which means he counter¬ 
acted their designs; and in the end, when he found 
they would not desist, obliged them to leave their 
province, which was given to the Sambarives. 
The colony was still without the expected arrivals 
from Europe, but by a vessel from the Isle of France, 
a supercargo, a storekeeper, and several clerks, were 
added to the establishment. These, however, appear 
to have been men chosen for no good purpose; for, 
a very few days after they arrived, the supercargo, 
Des Assisses, was detected in secretly distributing 
brandy amongst the chiefs, and endeavouring to pre¬ 
judice them against the establishment: and, upon the 
governor being taken ill, he informed the officers of 
the garrison, that he had particular orders from the 
intendant at the Isle of France, to take possession 
of his effects and papers in the event of his death. 
Every tiling connected with the arrival and subse¬ 
quent conduct of these men, proved that they had 
