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<" / NOTICE. nr\HE Traft, of which the following pages are a reprint, is one of extreme rarity — the prefent impreffion is from a copy in the poflemon of Mr. John Carter Brown, of Providence, the only one known to the publifher. In the original edition the author's name is miffpelled as Col. Reyard, in other refpefts the prefent is a verbatim et literatum reprint. OF THE EDITION, 150 Copies are printed, of which 25 Copies are on large paper. Number. k JOURNAL OF TH E Late Actions O F TH E ^vtmh at ®»tt»^». WITH The Manner of their being Repuls'd, by His Excellency, Benjamin Fletcher, Their Majefties Governour oi New-York. Impartially Related by Coll. Nicholas Beyard, and Lieutenant Coll. Charles Lodowick, who attended His Excellency, during the whole Expedition. I. II. Ill IV. To which is added. An Account of the prefent State and Strength of Canada, given by Two Dutch Men, who have been a long Time Pri- foners there, and now made their Efcape. The Examination of a French Prifoner. His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher's Speech .o the Indians. An Addrefs from the Corporation of Albany, to His Excellen- cy, Returning Thanks for His Excellency's early Afliilance for their Relief. fianto, Sept. nth. 1693. (^btoarb Coob. London, Printed for Richard Baldwin, in Warwick- Lane, 1693. THE PREFACE. AS this following J mall Treatife is a Jhort Narrative of fome little Check given by the Englifh Gallantry to the Arms and At- tempts of France, fo far off as the Indian Ter- ritories ; fo it gives us an occafon of confderingy How the Great Lewis may jujlly plume himfelf with a Title peculiarly his own, viz. The great Difturber of the World. For, tho the Bloodieji and moji ABive Scene of that Monarch's Ambi- tion feems bounded within the Confines of Europe ; — .— ~, .»-.^.a. -ai i., i . a9] gcr, that brought us the News, to Major Ingoids- by, and defired that Provifi m and Ammunition (hould be fent after us, not knowing what the Indians might have occafion for. Feb. 14. About i or 2 a Clock in the Morn- ing we decamped, and marched to the fmall Fort that was made by our 50 Scouts, about lix a Clock in the Morning, where we had Advice, that the Enemy was not above eight Miles from us ; upon which Lieut. Harme van Slyk and two Indians were fent to difcover the Enemy, who brought us word they were marched ; two Indians came to us with News, that there were 300 of our upper Indians within 20 Miles of us, where- upon we fent two Indians back to hallen them rp, and to let them know we were there to joyn them. We fent three Mohaques to difcover the Enemy ; about 4 a Clock in the Afternoon we decamped, and marched to the Place where the Enemy had lain the Night before. Feb. 15. In the Morning two of our Indian Scouts returned, (the third being run over to the Enemy) who brought us News they had feen • [20 J the Enemy within ten Miles. Our Indians came up with us about 1 2 a Clock, being 290 Men and 'oys, fome x^rmed, and fome without Arms, a Confult being had, we marched about four a Clock, and encamped all together, having marched about ten Miles that Afternoon. This Night a Confult was held, and Spyes fent to difcover the Enemy, FeS. 16. We marched early in the Morning, and having gone ten Miles, found the place where the Enemy had lain two Nights before ; we halted there,' an Oneyde Indian came from the Enemy, being fent to our Indians to debauch them over to the French, which MefTenger we did not think fit to fend back, being one of the Prifoners taken at Tionondoge. W« fent an Exprefs to Major Ingoldsby to acquaint him that the Enemy had built a Fort, and were refolved to fight us, and fent for fupplies of Provifion, Ammunition, p.nd Men. We marched on toward the Enemy, and met with one of our wounded Indians, who informed, that the Enemy ftayed for us in a Fort ; upon which we marched about two Miles, where It i\ ',f-\ [ 21 a Chriftian Boy (Arnant the Interpreters Son) came to us, who had been three years a Prifoner among the French, he gave an Account, that the Enemy were about 6 or 700 Men, and within three Miles ; we marched forward fo find fome convenient place to Encamp, and to fortifie our felves from the Enemy that Night: We had Scouts out {Chrijlians and Indians) all Night to watch the Enemies motion, who brought an account in the Morning, that we were within a Mile of their Fort. Feb. 17. We decamped, and marched towards the Enemy with Scouts before us, and did not take a diredt line, but went round, for fear of an Ambufcade, and came in fight of their Fort about eight a Clock in the Morning, where our Scouts came and fhewed us where the Enemy lay ; upon which all the Officers were commanded to take their Pofi:s, and make ready to engage, being 250 Chrijlians, and 290 Indians ; the Enemy feeing us, gave three Huzza's, which we anfwer'd with as many, and as loud as they, and made the Woods ring : our Indians went to work to fall Trees, ["] - ^ K f HI f 1»l i ■■ Jit *■ if inii Mr and fortifie ; but the Enemy fallyed out imme- diately ; we engaged them, and heat them back into their Fort ; our Indians fell to work again, and defired our Chrijlians to help, which they did ; the Enemy Tallied out with all their Strength a fecond time, encouraging their Men, crying. They run, we will cut them all off, and get their Provijions ; We received them briskly, and beat them back into their Fort^ with the lofs of fev- eral of their Men : Our Men fell to work again about the Fort ; the Enemy fallied out the third time, but were as well repulfed as before, and beat into their Fort with confiderable lofs, our Indians bringing feveral of their Heads and Scalps into our Fort ; after this the Enemy was quiet, and we linifh'd our Fort : as foon as this Skir- milh was over, we fent an Exprefs to Major In- goldsby, to acquai It him what had palled, pray- ing him to halcen our Recruits with Provifion and Ammunition, for that the greateil part of our Men had not had any Provifion in two days time ; we fent our Scouts of Chrijlians and Indians all that Night, to difcover our Enemies Motion, and lay all Night in our Fort ; it was extream bad, cold, fnowy Weather. Feb. 1 8. Being cold ftormy Weather, and Snow, infomuch that we could fcarce lee any Trad: ; our Scouts came in this Morning, which gave Account that the Enemy were in their Fort, fome being ftill popping it our People. About nine a Clock an Indian that left the French in their Fort, told us. He thought the Enemy would retreat y that they were packing up thdr Baggage. Upon which Major Schuyler ordered the Captains '-^ draw out their Men to march round the Ene- my's Fori to flop them ; but the fame time had an Account they were fled ; he commanded the Officers to purfue them, and to hinder their Retreat, till Men and Provifions came up ; but the Men wanting Provilion, refufed to march ; the Officers, with 60 Chrijiians, and fome Indians, purfued the Enemy till they had made a fmall Fortification ; but the Officers not having Men to engage them, nor to make a Fort, returned back, leaving two Officers with 40 Men and 100 Indians to watch their motion, expedling our Provifion to come up that Night. Feb. 19. About 7 a Clock in the Morning we had an Account that our Provifions were near at hand, which came up to us about nine or ten a Clock with 80 Men, commanded by Capt. Simms ; the Provifions being immediately diftrib- uted among the Men, thofe that were firft ferved, were commanded away after the Enemy, with five Baskets a Man : About four a Clock, the Van being commanded by Capt. Peter Matthews and Capt. Arent Schuyler , came up near the Rear of the Enemy, the Scouts telling us the Enemy were within lefs than Englijh Mile; we defircd the Indians to joyn with us to fall upon their Rear, till the reft of our Men came up, fending in the mean time to our People, to march up in all hafte ; but the Indians halted ; and could not be perfwaded to march, the Mohaques being moft unwilling, becaufe the Enemy had dropt feveral Prifoners, who told them, that if they purfued them, they would kill all their Wives and Child- ren, whom they had Prifoners ; after an hours Confultation of the Indians^ moft of our Men came up, we marched with all fpeed, thinking to overtake the Enemy before they got to the River-fide ; but there being a flake of Ice in one part of the River, and all open above and below, the Enemy got over before we got up: We encamped by the River-fide that Night. Feb. 20. In the Morning Major Schuyler refolved to march over the River, to purfue the Enemy, ordering the Officers to get the Men ready for that purpofe ; but many of the Men being wearied with fatiegue, their Shoes being quite wore out, and Provifions fcarce, were not able to make any further purfuit : But that which did moft of all difcourage us, was, that the Indians had great averfenefs to purfue or fall upon tlie Enemy, becaufe of their Wives and Chitdren ; whereupon we marched back. In this Engagement we loft four private Soul- diers, and four Indians, two Officers, and twelve 4 '* r HI [26] Chrijiians, and Indians wounded ; and we had an Aci-^unt by fome of our Indian Prifoners that made their Efcape, that we killed of the Enemy 33, whereof we found but 27, among which was their Commandant, one Car»tain, and two other Officers, with two of their commanding Indians, and 26 Wounded. We refcued between forty and fifty Prifoners. Since their Retreat we are informed by divers of the Prifoners who come home daily, that all our Men Prifoners except five, have made their efcape, or are fet at Liberty, and but few Women and Children left with them, not being able to carry the, Prifoners off; by reafon of their Wounded Men, whereof they carried thirteen. As we did not hear, fo we could not expedb that your Excellency fhould in fo fhort time (at that Seafon of the Year) be advanced fo near us as to ScheneBadyy and that fo c^nfiderable Sup- plies could be fo fpeedily got together : And we [27] obferved it was no fmall Encouragement to our Indians to fee your Excellency at the head of 300 Men, befides Volunteers, for our Relief, and theirs ; of which we are all feniible. Pater Schuyler^ Major. Peter Matthews, Capt. | {K.V. Renfelaer, Capt. Arent Schuyler, Capt. J [ Benj, Phipps, Capt. The Examination of Andres Cafparus and Cornelius Claefe van den Bergh, both Dutchmen, taken before his Ex- cellency Benj. Fletcher, Governour^ who have made their Efcape from Canada, who were Prifoners there [30J the Turchtuicks lived, was taken laft March by a Party of Turchtuicks and Davaganhaes, and brought to a Caftle where the faid Indians lived, and was there to be burnt and eat by the faid Indians, from whence he run away that very day he received his cruel Sentence, and was fixteen days in the Woods, and came to a place where Monfieur Tontys People were making a Fort, and the faid Monf. Tonty, and Monf La Free brought him to Canada. The faid Prifoners fay, that the French in- formed them, that there were ten Ships come from France with Provifion and Amunition, but no Men, fcarce fo many as could fail their Ships, that they had brought 1 20000 pound of Flower, and 1 60000 pound of Pork, alfo fome great Guns, and two Mortar Pieces. That there is a Fort built below Rebeck, in a narrow Paffage where Ships muft pafs ; the French fpoke of two Forts, (but an Englijh-man told him only of one Fort,) and twelve Guns in each Fort. They had 1 600 Souldiers three year ago, of which [31] a looo are killed and taken; this is befides 200 Inhabitants who are killed. The faid Cornelius has lived all this while at the Governour of Mont Royal's Houfe, called, Monjieur d' Cellier, and judges there are about 400 Men in Mont Royal with Souldiers and all, although the faid Monfieur d' Cellier often told them, they had 700 Men there. There is a Man come over with thofe Ships to be Monf. d' Cellier's Cook, who fays, that the Englijh had fallen upon the French Fleet una- wares, and done them fome damage, and purfued them to Brejl, and if they had come but a quar- ter of an hour fooner, they had taken Brejl, and all the Provinces of Brittanine. The French have loft this Summer 37 French, and 70 Indians at one time, going up the Falls to Ottawawa, and at a fecond time they loft 30 French the fame way, and often-times fmaller Parties killed by our Indians. The faid Andres Cafparus fays further, that when he came to the French Houfe, after he had ! 4 [32] efcaped from the Indians^ the French tyed him two days, but he being fo lean and meager, hav- ing no Food all that time, but 1 1 Eggs he found in a Turkies Neft, and 6 Swan Eggs he found in another place, fo that the French did unty him. About eight days after Monfieur Tonty came, (who is in the manner of a Governour among them) and he went down with the faid Tonty to Ottaivawa, which was 200 Leagues from that place ; the faid Tonty difpatchcd about 25 or 30 great Cannows full of Beaver to Canada; and after they had been two days from Ottawawa, they met one Monfieur de Lille, who had been out a skulking upon the great River, and had taken two Prifoners, who told that 300 of our Indians lay at a carrying place on the great River, wait- ing for the Ottawawa Company, and 200 were near Mont Royal Ifland, upon the fame defign. They ftopt the faid Company till Monfieur Tonty fent for them back, and refolved to go to Canada with 200 Men Indians and French, without Bea- vers, in which Company the faid Andres Cafpa- rus came, being reckoned 300 Leagues between [33] Ottawawa and Canada. As foon as the faid An^ dres came to Mont Royal, Monfieur Tonty deliv- ered him to the Governour oi Mont -Royal, who put him in Prifon four days, and then releafed him to work in his Houfe ; but as foon as he got oat, confulted with his Comrade Cornelius to run away, which they did accordingly. After they had been about a Month or five Weeks together in the faid Monf. d' Cellier's Houfe, the faid Andres fays, he faw a great prodigious Quantity of Beavers at Ottawawa ; an Inhabitant of Can- ada, called Jayues de Tallie, told him he had 3000 Beavers of his own there, and that there was as many Beavers now in Ottawawa as would load 20c Canows to Canada, and each Canow generally holds nine or ten hundred Beavers, which the faid Andres doth credibly believe to be true, there being none gone from thence to Canada in a great while. There is a Fort at Ottawawa burnt by acci- dent this Spring where Monf. la Free had the 5 \\ [34] Command, wherein was great (lore of Beavers and Peltry, and feveral Goods and Merchandize. This is the Account the /aid two Pr if oners gave at Albany the 4th. of Odtober^ 1692. and is entered down from their Mouths^ by his Ex:ellencys Command, Robert, Livingflone. m: ■ The Examination ^Joachin Lebert, a Frenchman of Canada, and Native of Mont Royal, taken before his Excellency Benj. Fletcher at Albana the \th ^Odob. 1692. THat he lived at Prerie de lay Magdelain. That it is 60 Leagues from Mont Royal to Rebeck. That Mr. de Cellier is Covernour of Mont Royal. That there is 2000 Men carrying Arms in his Government, Souldiers and Inhabi- tants. That the Town of Mont Royal is inclofed with Stockadoes. That there is S2 pieces of Canon, Brafs and Iron, eight Companies of Soul- diers, unequal in number, 50 Men being the molt. # I lil nil liiiiii [36] That the Fort of Magdelaine contains 23 Fam- ilies, 400 men in Arms, 2 pieces of Canon, and 5 Patteraroes. There is 200 men in the Indian Fort, called, Ganawagne. That there is ten Men of War arrived at ^ebeck^ from France^ laden with Ammunition, and that he faw the faid Ships. That he hath been taken 43 days, and fays, that the day before his being taken, he being at Mr. Center's Houfe, he faw a Canow arrive there from Mr. Le County fent to Mr. Cellier to demand the CoUers of Beeds, which are ufually prefented at the concluding a Peace, the which occafioned him to fay, there was AmbalTadours coming to treat a Peace. Upon the Objedtion made, that there could not be fo many People in Canada^ he fays, that the two Frenchmen that were fent to York fome time fince, being now at Canada^ did inform Mr. Le County that the Englijh had aflembled all their Nations, with a defign upon Canada, which obliged Mr. Le Count to raife all the men he could poflible, which was that Number he faid : And fays, he knows nothing more. His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher's Speech to the Indians at the State- Hou/e 2*;^ Albany, February 25, 1692. BRETHREN, IT is not unknown to fome of you, that I came laft OBober into thefe parts upon no other occafion than to view the Fronteers, and put them into the belt poflure I could, to fe^rure us and you, from the Attempts of the French, and their Indians, our Enemies and yours. And in order to this, I fent a fupply of Ammunition, Artillery, and Chrijlian Souldiers, fufficient to prevent any Infult from our Enemies, and it had the efFea: I expeded, for they durft not face the ■J \\ [38] If weakeft of our Garrifons. I came now for your Relief, and have loft no time ; the fame day that I had an account from hence that our Enemies were in this Countrey, I put my felf on board a Sloop, and brought with me 1 50 Chrijiian Soul- diers, befides Volunteers, and arrived here before I could be expelled ; I then immediately marched to ScheneBady^ from whence I fent you Supplies of 200 and odd Men, Ammunition, Provifion, &c. \ "iN which thofe that joyned you before, under ti. l^'ommand of Major Schuyler, might have fecured an entire Vidtory, and prevented the French and their Indians from any poffibility of getting back to their own Houfes ; but it has pleafed God to order it otherwife. I had alfo 200 Chrijiians more upon their March, who arrived here, and would have been a confiderable Reinforcement to us ; but the Adtion being over, I commanded them back to their former Refi- dence, till further Orders. It is obvious to me, and I believe to you all, that this Calamity is fallen on you by your own Faults. I could never fuppofe my Brethren, the Mohaques, would be fo ■TAl [39J fupine and carelefs, as to fufFer the French, and their Indians, to enter their Caftles without the leaft Refiftance. rhefe Men that have an Enemy near, muji Jleep with Arms in their Hands, and one Eye open; that is, they muft keep Scouts and Spyes, fo as never to become a Prey to their Enemies, by their own Negligence. I muft advife you, that for the future you keep ftrid: Watch, fo that I may have timely Notice of the Enemy's Motion, and you will then fee how eafily they will be defeated. I hope it is now apparent to you, that the great King of England is ready to apply his Arms for your defence, when you confider, that in a very [few] days I am come perfonally to your Affiftance, with near 400 Chrijiian Souldiers. I have had the Honour to bear Command under the great King of England, my Mafter, where I have feen the French fly before his Vidlorious Arms ; and laft Summer it pleafed God to add to his Vidlories, by the Defeat and Deftru<5lion of their Fleet, in which moft of their Ship I burnt or funk s were [40] I came now in great hafte, and brought no Prefents with me, but defign (by the blefling of God) to be with you at the beginning of the Summer, to give you fomething to wipe off your Tears for the Brethren that are lately loft, to renew the ancient Covenant Chain, and to give you further Aflurances of the Great King of Eng- land's Favour, and of my own Readinefs upon all Occalions to appear as his Servant, for your Protection againft our Enemies and yours. My prefent Care now is, to provide for the Mohaques Nation, about which I have given my Directions to Major Schuyler^ who will appoint them a place for their Refidence; I have alfo ordered fome Corn for their prefent Support, which they will receive from him. I muft add, that it concerns your Honour and Reputation, to make fome brisk Attempt upon our Enemies, and this with what Secrecy and Expedition you can, that thofe People may fee you. retain the ancient Courage of your Anceftors ; and I do not queftion but God will give you Succefs by a fevere Revenge on our Enemies and yours. [41] ^ am informed, that your Young Men have killed the Horfes of fome Chriftian Souldiers, who were upon the fame Service with you, (it is not Brotherly,) and I defire, for the future', you will take care to prevent fuch Outrage, that the ancient Covenant Chain may be preferved invio- lable on your parts, as it will be on the part of my Mafter, the Great King. To conclude, I muft tell you, that I doubt there isfomefalfe Brothers among us, who keeps Intelli- gence with our EnemLs, concealing their Dejigns, and expoftng ours; if you have one Frenchman among you, he will be true to his Countrey, by be- traying you. I have order'd you fome Bread and Bear, and defire you will drink the Healths of my Great Mafter and Miftrifs, the Victorious King, and moft Illuftrious Queen of Great Brit- ain, France, and Ireland, and all Their Majefties Territories in America, and fo bid you farewell. I ii r . ^Sm rhe Anjwer of the Five Nations, viz. Tbe Mo- haques, Oneydes, Onondages, Cayoiiges, and Sinnekes, To his Excellency Benjamin Fletcher, Captain General and Governour in chief of Their Majejiies Province of l^^w York, &c. /;/ Albany this 2Sth. e^ February, 1692. Sadeganaktie, Sachtm of the Onondages, Speaker. Interpreted by Hille, the Interpretefs, irotfew Cagmqwirago, which fignifies a Great Swift Arrow, a Name the Five Nations have given His Excellency, becaufe of his fpeedy Arrival here, with fo many Men for their Relief, when the Enemy had fallen upon the Mohaques Country. Tl/'Hen we arrived at ScheneBady, after our march againft the Enemy, you were pleafed to defire us to come hither, where we heard you, Great Swift Arrow, fpeak, and par- ti 44 ticipated of your Favours ; we acknowitdge that the Enemy, the French of Canada, have tlillen upon our Brethren, the Mohaques, and deftroyed their three Caftles, which we cm attribute to nothing elfe l»ut their not hearkening to the Great Swift Arrow's good Advice, which was, to keep good Guards and out Scouts. We return you. Brother Great Swift Arrow, our hearty Thanks for your Care in providing for the MohaqueSy that they may not ftarve, nor be in want in this Extremity. Brother Great Swift Arrow, You propofe to us the attacking the Enemy in their Country to (hew them that we have not lost the Courage of our Anceftors ; we return you our hearty Thanks for your good Encouragement, for we are in a manner drunk with the Blood lately fhed by them. It is not ufual for us, while we are in that Grief and Anxiety, as now we are, to pro- ceed to revenge our felves of the Enemy ; you have loft your Blood as well as we, therefore that Blood ought to be revenged unanimoufly by both fides. [45] Brother Great Swift Arrow, You recommend us to go and attack the Enemy where they are at home in Canada; but you are acquainted with us of Old, that it is our Cuftom, firft to bewail and condole the Death of them killed by the Enemy, for we are all of one Heart, one Blood, one Soul ; neverthelefs we defign to go out and to fall upon the French ; but we muft firft fecure our Caftles, fmce we know, that the Governour of Canada is intended to fend out a confiderable Party, but whither we know not. Brother Great Swift Arrow, While you press us to go and attack the Enemy of Canada by Land, we expedl (according to the many Prom- ifes and Engagements made to us) to hear of a confiderable Force to go with great Guns by Sea, that the Enemy might be alTaulted both ways, and fo overcome; we prefs this the harder, be- caufe a great part of our Strength is now broke, and therefore take it not amifs that we pufh this Point of taking Canada by Sea, fince its impoffi- ble to be done by Land alone. [46J Brother Great Swift ArroWy We return you our hearty Thanks, that you are fo ready to aflift us upon any Occalion, and for the good advice to be watchful, and keep out good Scouts and Spies ; it is probable, that we would have done a great deal more damage to the Enemy, had we been fo well provided with all forts of Ammunition, as the Indians of Canada are ; but fome of our Men have Guns, and no Powder nor Ball, and fome but Bows and Arrows, as Major Schuyler faw, when we came up to him ; but the Gov- ernour of Canada fupplies his Indians with all forts of Arms and Ammunition, which we found now we engaged them. We pray you. Great Swift Arrow, to have a careful Eye over us, fince this Party of the French that has deftroyed the Mohaques Caftles is but part of his Strength, he is working with the Ottawawa and Dowaganhaes Indians, where he has a great Magazeen, and fupplies them with all forts of Ammunition, and we fear that Force will come down upon us ftill. [47] Brother Great Swift Arrow, Wc return you Thanks for remembring our Dead, and that you W.11 condole their Death, when you come up in the beginning of Summer, but you can expefl no Return from us, being in fo mean a Capacity and Condition. Brother Great Swift Arrow. You inform us of the great Viftory that our Lord of Lord (mean- •ng the great King of England) has got upon the F««.4 the common Enemy at Sea, which is admirable, and all the Nations are heartily rejoyced at it, and we hope that the great God that has hi. Seat above the Heavens, will give the fame fuccefs to our great Lord of Lords Arms in this part of the World, over his and our Ene- mies, the French of Canada. We pray that you would be pleafed to acquaint our great Lord of Lords (who lives over the great Lake) of our mean Condition, and what Pofture we are in. and how eafy it is to deftroy Canada, if all our great Lord of Lords Subiefts m thefe Collonies would unite and joyn together [48 J with fome Ships that carry great Guns, which our great Lord of Lords can ealily fpare us, after this late Vidlory over the French at Sea. We delire that you would be pleas'd to order a Smith to be with us in our Country to repair our Arms, that we may defend us from the French. His Excellency replyed. That he hoped they were fufliciently fatistied of his Readinefs to affift them, and that the Force the French had now fent, was the moft they could make ; and if they will out keep out Scouts, and advertife his Excel- lency timely of the Enemies coming, his Excel- lency does not doubt, with the Strength he has in his Province, to deal with the Governour of Canada^ and all his Power. The Governour granted their Requeft of the Smith to be in their Country to repair their Arms. I.il Propo/als made by four of the chief ^achtms of the Five Nations, to his Excellency Benjamin Fletcher in Mh^nythe 26th