Another savage, also of the same Nation, but who had been captured with a party of our people of the Sault, where he resided, assured M. de Vaudreuil that the English and Mohawks had indeed set out to come that many of the former had moved out from Orange, but that they had contented themselves with remaining outside some hours in line, and had returned that the consternation was pretty general among the one and the other. This last intelligence caused M. de Vaudreuil's detachment as much regret as the first had given them joy. It was received with a thousand yells of satisfaction, particularly by the Abenaki's who said they had need neither of knives nor hatchets to beat the English that it was idle to waste powder on such a set. M. de Vaudreuil resolved to await them in the wood without shutting himself up in the fort. He ;

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ten o'clock in the morning after having seen it burned and the corn camped He the same night about two leagues from Onnontague. The celerity of his entirely cut. movements cannot be too much praised, since he occupied only three days in going, coming and executing all he had to do, although from one village to the other was fourteen good leagues in the woods with continual mountains and a multitude of rivers and large streams to be crossed. He was therefore not expected so soon, and M. le Comte was agreeably surprized to see him return in so short a time with 35 Oneidas, among whom were as we have said, the principal Chiefs of the nation,