The two pieces of cannon, one of which was employed in the campaign and a quantity of grenades were left there. The army sojourned there the 17 th ; encamped
on the 18 th at La Galette and on the 19 th on Lake St. Francis. On the same day, the enemy attacked some canoes of our people, who had found means to precede us. One of our party was drowned, one wounded; the enemy lost three men and could not be captured by a detachment which was sent in pursuit.
On the 20 th we arrived at Montreal. Some batteaux upset in the rapids and three militiamen We were obliged to make good to the others the arms and baggage that the boat lost
were drowned.
by upsetting.
We might extend the narrative of this campaign to a greater length, but as we should be obliged to use terms little known to those unacquainted with Canada, we considered this slight sketch would suffice.
It might have been more advantageous to His Majesty's arms, and more glorious to Count de Frontenac, had the Onnontagues followed their first plan ;
it
would have, no doubt, cost the lives of some
brave men, as the Iroquois do not fight with impunity. seven hundred men in their fort including those
There might have been, perhaps, six to
who had come to their aid, and scarcely any would
have escaped ; but their loss cannot fail to be considerable.
After M. Denonville's [departure from