This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...have given me a good deal of trouble to guard, having more cannon than men. All their aim and all their talk was to cut us to pieces, their knives being as sharp and pointed as lancets. It is not right to accuse me as they do about their other ship which is drifted away for it was carried off by the ice floes which is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...have given me a good deal of trouble to guard, having more cannon than men. All their aim and all their talk was to cut us to pieces, their knives being as sharp and pointed as lancets. It is not right to accuse me as they do about their other ship which is drifted away for it was carried off by the ice floes which is not to be wondered at seeing that the ice broke up my two ships and from the remains of one I have repaired the other. They asked me to sell it to them and desired to have it sent to the head of the bay of the east, where I carried them formerly eight or ten years ago, that I left them, which I did, and gave them time enough to come in the river whence they claimed to expel me since I established and took possession of the place and made my houses and magazines and even put a garrison in the place, of which 1 Brother-in-law Radisson. my son Medard is commander, and in addition seeing that their fort is some 2oo leagues beyond which I have placed them their pretensions are vain. We have Pentaquoit1 a fort of Acadia which belongs to the French and at 12 or 15 leagues from us to the southwest surouat) there is an English settlement which is called Peme'esside2 and between them and us there is a bay named St. Georges which belongs to France in which bay of St. Georges there is very fine masting wood and deep water and the Englishman expects to supply himself from it when he runs short and it is only 1o leagues from us. Mr-de Biencourt3 being established habitue) at Mount Desert near Pentagoiiet has for several years sent his brigantin which entered in the same place where the English are posted at present which is the town of Boston New England which is only 3o or 40 leagues from the colony of the French of which Mr-de Biencourt was commandant whe...
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