To Our Purpose; We Came Backe To Our
Carriage, Whilst Wee Endeavoured To Ayde Our Compagnions In Their
Extremity.
The Iroquoits gott a great way before, not well satisfied to
have stayed for us, having lost 7 of their men; 2 of them weare not nimble
enough, ffor our bulletts & arrows made them stay for good & all.
Seaven of
our men weare sick, they have ben like to be drowned, & the other two weare
wounded by the Iroquoits.
The next day we went on without any delay or encounter. I give you leave if
those of mont Royall weare not overjoyed to see us arrived where they
affirme us the pitifull conditions that the country was by the cruelty of
these cruell barbars, that perpetually killed & slaughtered to the very
gate of the ffrench fort. All this hindered not our goeing to the ffrench
att the 3 rivers after we refreshed ourselves 3 dayes, but like to pay
dearly for our bold attempt. 20 inhabitants came downe with us in a
shawlopp. As we doubled the point of the river of the meddows we weare sett
uppon by severall of the Iroquoits, but durst not come neare us, because of
two small brasse pieces that the shalop carryed. We tyed our boats together
& made a fort about us of castors' skins, which kept us from all danger. We
went downe the streame in that posture. The ennemy left us, & did well; for
our wildmen weare disposed to fight, & our shaloupp could not come neare
them because for want of watter.
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