ought of the conduct of Mess' 8 de Callieres, de Vaudreuil, Ramezay and other principal officers; but the confidence which the king reposes in them is a sufficient guarantee that he deems them

worthy the posts they

fill

in

this country,

demonstrate that they are truly so.

and

it

is

unnecessary to enlarge in their praise to

His choice alone justifies it.

The cabins of the Indians and the triple palisade which encircled their fort were found entirely burnt.

It

has since been learned that it was in a sufficiently strong state of defence.

oblong flanked by four regular bastions. of the thickness of an ordinary mast ;

It

was an

The two rows of pickets which touched each other, were

and at six feet distance outside stood another palisade of much

smaller dimensions, but from 40 to 50 feet high. If the flight of the savages saved the army the trouble of forcing their fortifications by trenches,

as was resolved upon having all the necessary tools, it robbed them of the glory of utterly destrojino them but it must not be expected that the Indians will ever stand against a considerable opposi noThe expense which this expedition entailed ought not however to be regretted. force. There were some alarms the night after arriving, and a soldier on duty at an outpost was wounded by our people. On the 5th arrived two squaws and a child of the Mountain near Montreal, who had been a long time prisoners. They told us that they had escaped five days ago with the other Avomen and children who were removed on the rumor of our approach. Another old woman was captured in the woods, and being unable to follow our soldiers broke her skull. In the afternoon a Frenchman, a prisoner among the Oneidas, arrived with a savage.