RE LA TION of Fort Dauphin , &c. 
y 'he 4th September 1672, being embark’d in this Ship, 
we depart’d from the Isle of Bourbon, & took our 
route towards Fort Dauphin, where they had orders to 
go ; & we arriv’d on the 8th of the month. 
We put foot to shore in the Isle, where we found the 
Sieur Champmargou, Lieutenant-General, of whom I have 
spoken, in pretty good health. The Sieur de la Casse 
dead, in the place of whom they had plac’d the Sieur de 
la Bretesche, as Captain & Major of the Island, he who 
had marry’d one of the daughters of the late La Casse. 
T fD S 'an We ^ earn,< ^ ^ree Ships of the Company had pass’d, 
Manangue. which had come from India laden with merchandises, & 
had return’d to France ; that the Chief, nam’d Dian Man¬ 
angue in the Island, & an enemy of the French, had come 
to Fort Dauphin with the design, as it was said, of making 
peace with the French, having been advis’d by Monsieur 
the Admiral on this subject whilst he was in the island, & 
wishing to take advantage of the amnesty which had been 
promulgated in honour of the arrival of Monsieur the 
Admiral. This Dian Manangue brought 1500 good men 
with him & their women. He was well receiv’d by the 
French, & made his peace, which he broke very soon, 
availing himself of this pretext with the design of entrap¬ 
ping the French, which he did as follows. 
It was propos’d to make a raid on their enemies, when 
