They rested on the summit of the glacis for a moment,
and saw the search that was being made for them inside by lights
that were flashing about into every nook and cranny."
It would take us too far to describe the subsequent incidents of this
clever plan of escape. The patriots of St. Roch, Dr. Rousseau, Grace,
Hunter and others, provided means of escape for the "sympathisers"
which baffled all the ingenuity of the Commandant of the Quebec
garrison, an old Waterloo hero, Sir James Macdonald, who certainly
spared neither time, men nor trouble to recover the Citadel prisoners,
but in vain.
We must find room here for another singular incident in connection
with the Citadel and the Insurrection of 1837-8: -
"THE MEN OF '37."
THE SECRET SOCIETY OF THE "CHASSEURS" - RECOLLECTIONS OF A
VETERAN - PROPOSED CAPTURE OF QUEBEC.
"A representative of the Montreal Witness, in a conversation
with Mr. Rouillard, Inspector of Buildings, ascertained that he
had taken a somewhat prominent part in the stirring scenes of the
Rebellion of 1837. The old gentleman's eyes lit up with the fire
of youthful enthusiasm when recounting the deeds of the "Sons of
Liberty," and the secret society of the "Chasseurs."
"I was vigorous and strong in those days, and from my mother
inherited an ardent love for the country in which I was born.
