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. John's day, to return to Quebec were I had requested the Intendant to make out the detachments of Militia which should follow me to the war, without inconvenience to the Country I arrived there on the twenty-sixth, having used great diligence on the route, and found the people ordered and some canoes purchased but as they were not sufficient for the embarcation of all, we caused fifteen ;

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flat (bottomed) pine

batteaux, suitable for the conveyance, each, of fourteen or fifteen men, to be constructed in a hurry. I divided all

my small force into three divisions, I placed myself at the head of the first which I

commanded to lead the van.

I left the management of the second to Mr. D'Orvilliers, antient Captain