Then I advanced and presented myself, but with the few men I had ; nevertheless I shewed them what they never saw nor heard before. For as soon as tliey saw us, and heard the reports of the Arquebus, and the balls whistling about their ears, tliey retired promptly within their Fort, carrying off their wounded and dead ; and we retreated in hke manner to oiu- main body, with five or six of our wounded, one of whom died.

This being done, we retired within gun shot, beyond the view of the enemy, contrary, however, to my advice, and to what they had promised me. Which moved me to make use of and express to them pretty rude and angry w^ords, in order to incite them to their duty, foreseeing, that if every thing went according to their fantasy, and council, nothing but misfortime would result, to their nun and destruction. Nevertheless, I failed not to send to them and to propose means necessary to be used to overcome tlieir enemies ; wliich was, to construct a moveable

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tower (cavalier) of timber to overlook tlieir pickets, whereupon I should post four or five of our Arquebusseers, Avho would fire over the palisades and galleries, which were well supphed with stones, and by this means, the enemy who annoyed us from their galleries would be dislodged ; and in the mean time we should give orders for some boards to form a species of parapet to cover and protect our men from the arrows and stones. These things, namely, the tower and parapets could be moved by main force ; and one was made in sucli a way that water couJd not extinguish the fire to be applied to the front of the fort ; and those on the tower would do their duty with some Arquebusseers posted there, and thus acting, we should so defend ourselves that they could not .approach to extinguish the fire, that we should apply to their pickets.