The courage of our troops was ever wonderfully excited in the hardships of this expedition and in the face of danger, by the examples of M. de Tracy, M. de Courcelles and M. de Salliere, Quarter Master (Mestre de Camp) of the regiment and of Chevalier de Chaumont who desired always on approaching the villages to be of the forlorn hope and their generosity was animated by the zeal and pious sentiments with which Messrs. du Bois and Cosson, secular Priests, and ;

Fathers Albanel and Rafaix, Jesuits, endeavored to inspire them.

Our excellent

Prelate

who had his hands ever raised to Heaven and had called every one to God and the Te Beum

prayers, during the absence of our troops, caused thanks to be given to

Every body here has conceived renewed hopes in consequence of the sung on their return. towards the country and of the manner in which the West India Company, to goodness King's has confided it, is affected towards it. So that we doubt not but we shall whom his Majesty very soon see most populous towns in the place of these extensive

worshipped in all these vast countries. END.

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forests,

and Jesus Christ

FRENCH EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THE MOHAWKS.

A RELATION OF THE GOVEMO* OF CANNADA

MARCH WITH 600 VOLUNTEIRS INTO Y e TERRITORYES OF HIS ROYALL HIGHNESSE THE DUKE OF YORKE IN AMERICA. [

Lonci. Doc. II. ]

Upon the 29 h of Xber last, Monsier Coarsell the Governour of Canada, in Nova ffrancia begun his march witli near 600 men, to seeke out their inveterate ennemyes called the Mahauke Indians in their owne country and forts, there to take reuenge upon them for the seuerall murthers and spoyles which the Barbarians had for many yeares exercised in Cannada upon the French, and the Indians of those l