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matter of no small difficulty to pass the mountains 
with such an army, and to draw heavy cannon after 
them. Some of these mountains are so steep, that 
it requires the use of cords to climb them. As soon 
as the army had passed, they were joined by another 
body of four thousand men. After resting two days, 
they entered a wood which extended eighteen miles 
from east to west; and immediately upon reaching 
the opposite side of it, they discovered three camps 
of the Seclaves on a large plain. Judging it prudent 
not to shew themselves in force till they had refreshed 
themselves awhile, they withdrew again into the wood. 
The next morning, having established a rear-guard 
for the protection of their camp equipage, they 
marched directly to the first camp of the enemy, 
which they reached within cannon-shot by sun-rise. 
The Seclaves, upon their approach, arranged them¬ 
selves in several divisions at the head of their camp, 
and began firing. But the governor having ordered 
his artillery to be brought forward, twenty shot from 
them put the whole army to flight, and caused them 
to abandon their first camp, and at the same time the 
second camp was taken by another division of the 
combined army. Perceiving these two camps de¬ 
stroyed, the enemy quitted the third of themselves, 
which was soon consumed. Eighty Seclaves were 
killed, and fifty wounded in this engagement, while 
on the other side none of the whites were hurt, and 
only a few of the natives wounded. The possession 
of artillery gave the latter such a decided advantage, 
