should be made and in what direction we should march to their two principal villages, of which he had made a faithful and exact plan. I selected as Major of the Brigade which I commanded, Sieur

de Villebon-Beccancour, formerly Captain of the King's Dragoons, so that acting in

was obliged to have an eye to all, I could confide in liim

;

my place, as I

he succeeded with all possible diligence

and experience. I left Quebec the ninth of July, at the head of Three hundred militiamen, accompanied by the said

Sieur de Villebon, and arrived at Montreal the 16th, where I was joined by Sieur D'Orvilliers on the twenty-first,

who brought me, in addition to two hundred and fifty militia, batteaux to embark the

King's troops. Thus after having issued every possible order for the conveyance of provisions, in which I had much difficulty in consequence of the scarcity of canoes and of experienced persons to

conduct them in the portages of the Rapids, I detached Sieur de Villebon to take the lead with my

them to pass the first and second portages, where I should join them, so that on the thirtieth I passed their encampment beyond the said second portage, and we marched next day, both brigades together, Sieur D'Orvilliers bringing up the rear with the third one day behind us, so that being, on the 1 st of August in Lake St. Francis with about two hundred canoes and our fifteen batteaux, I was joined there by the Rev. Father Lamberville, Junior, coming on behalf of his Brother from Onontague, and by the Rev. Father Millet, brigade, and the two companies of King's troops, and ordered