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DENONVILLE's EXPEDITION TO THE GENESEE COUNTRY AND NIAGARA.

went up forthwith to the Castles and had much adoe to gett through, and the Sachems having sent out three Spyes, after the twenty, to see what the French would have, and before the three were

come to the Lake side (it being about twenty miles from their Castles) the French Army out of Barks and Cannoes was landed, they seeing that, called to them and asked what they were intended to do,

A Maquase answered out of the Army.

You Blockheads, I'll tell you what I am come to

doe, to warr upon you, and to morrow I will march

up with my army to your Castles, and as soone

as hee had spoke they fyred upon the three Ind ns butt they runn home and brought the news to the

Sachems about the twighlight,

The Sachems upon this news concluded to convey their wives and

children, and old men away, and beeing busy thereabouts all next day, most parte retiring to Cajouge,

and the rest to a Lake to the Southward of there Castles in the meantime the French were as good

and marched up halfe way between the landing place and the Castles and there encamped that night As soon as the women and children were fled, their fired their own Castles and all the men being gon to convey them away except a hundred in a small Fort who had sent out Spyes and received information that the French were upon their march towards them, they sent as there words,