30 
Relation 
[1670 
This ship 
was com¬ 
manded by 
the Sieur de 
Bois Pean, 
Captain . 
This ship 
was com¬ 
manded by 
the Sieur 
Marchand ) 
Captain. 
with very calm weather, the Captain of the Hooker em¬ 
bark’d in his Boat to go to his vessel to loosen sail, but 
before he reach’d it, there arose a wind from the South so 
strong that he thought he wou’d perish before reaching his 
Ship. On getting to it, & the wind increasing from one 
moment to another, caus’d his ship to drive & broke its 
cables; they fir’d several guns to obtain succour. The 
Boat of the Ship Saint Paul was there & carry’d to it a 
large anchor, & a cable. Those who were in this Boat 
thought to have perish’d ; but as the wind continu’d to 
increase, the Hooker drove & broke all its cables or 
anchors; a little after having anchor’d, & as a part of the 
Cargo of the Hooker was of anchors & cables, they held 
well on till the 20th of the month, when having both 
moor’d & lost all their cables & anchors, the Ship was cast 
on the Coast in the Bay. The 20th, at 10 o’clock in the 
evening, every one ran to give assistance by land, not 
being able to give it by sea. They sav’d everybody who 
was in the Vessel excepting a Sailor who was drown’d. 
All the Cargo was lost, and two hours after the Ship 
had struck, the sea so broke her up that not a splinter 
remain’d at the place. The Cargo consisted of 38 pieces 
of Iron, Ordnance, Anchors, Cables, & Sails, the whole 
intended for the Indies. 
The-day of the month of March, the Ship La 
Mariee arriv’d from the Indies at Fort Dauphin, laden 
with Cloves , Pepper , Cinnamon , Nutmeg , Stuffs , Cotton 
Cloth, Chintzes , & other Indian merchandise, the whole 
consign’d to France; the said Ship of from six to seven 
hundred tons burden. 
The-of the month, the Ship La Force arriv’d from 
the Indies at Fort Dauphin, laden like the preceding, of 
five hundred tons burden or thereabouts. 
The-April following, Monsieur de Mondevergues 
having made his preparations for his return to France, he 
