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French and pretty shrewd, two of whom we

DE LA BARRE'S EXPEDITION TO HUNGRY BAY.

sent with some Belts of

Wampum to the Mohawks, and two to the Oneidas, to say to them that we

were resolved to observe the peace made with them

--that we were very willing

to live there as with

friends, and that we requested them not to interfere in the war which we were about to wage against

the Senecas, who had cruelty insulted us in the person of the frenchmen whom they had plundered

and seized, and fort St. Louis winch they had attacked, since, and in violation of the peace made last we sent the three others to Onontague to explain the same things, and finally I despatched Sieurs Guillet and Hebert to the Outaouacs to advise Sieurs Ladurantaye and Dulhut of year at Montreal

;

my design and of the need I had of their assistance, and sent my orders to the Rev. Father Enjalran, Superior of said Missions, to operate there and send orders to different quarters according to his

usual zeal and capacity, whilst I despatched Sieur Bourbon to Orange or Manatte to notify Colonel

Dongan of the insult the French had received from the Senecas, which obliged me to march against them, of which I gave him notice, assuring him that if he wished to revenge the twenty-six Englishmen of Merilande, whom they had killed last winter, I woidd promise him that I would unite my forces to Ins, that he may obtain satisfaction for it, or avenge them. I next despatched Sieur Dutast, first captain of the King's troops, on the twentieth of the same month with five or six picked soldiers and six mechanics, carpenters and masons, with provisions and ammunition of war to throw themselves into Fort Frontenac and put it, in all haste, beyond insult; after which, having caused all to embark at la Chine, I proceeded from Montreal, on St.