He had, under him, Sieurs de Louvigny and de LinvilDesjordis and Dauberville, Calvinist Captains Soulange and de Sabrevois, lieutenants lieres, Captain of foot, and several other subaltern officers. Sieur de Villedenay, also lieutenant, acted as his Aid de Camp. As it was necessary to use great expedition, they did not march in as exact order as the army had done M. de Vaudreuil contented himself throwing the scouts some quarter of a league in advance and on the wings, between the scouts and the main body he placed a detached corps of 50, a forlorn hope commanded in turn by a lieutenant. They arrived on the same day before sundown within a league of the village they would have pushed even farther if the convenience of encamping on the bank of a beautiful river had not invited them to halt. They were at the first dawn in sight of the village and as they were about to enter the fields of Indian corn, they met the Deputies of all that !

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They requested M. de Vaudeuil to halt, fearing that our savages would spoil their crops, assuring him that they would execute in good faith the orders which M. le Comte had given to their first delegate. M. de Vaudreuil determined also on his side to obey punctually those which he had received, told them it was useless for them to think of preserving their grain, as, according to the word of their Father they should not want for any when retired among us that, therefore, he should cut all down ,•