CELERON'S JOURNAL
(Concluded from page 377.)
The 9th of October, I set out from the
lower part of the
Narrows and came to pass the night at
Point Pelee. During
our voyage across Lake Erie nothing
happened worth men-
tioning. On the 19th I arrived at
Niagara, where I was de-
layed three days from stress of weather.
The 22d I set out
from Niagara for the southern part of
Lake Ontario, so as to
pass that way to Fort Frontenac. It took
me fourteen days
to sail over this lake, and many of my
canoes were broken by
the violence of the winds. On the 6th of
November I arrived
at the fort.
The 7th of November I set out from Fort
Frontenac and
passed by the establishment of M.
Piquette.82 I had received
orders from M. the Marquis de la
Galissoniere to notice how
many deserted during my expedition. I
did not find any more
desert than when I was passing there in
the beginning of July.
His (M. Piquette's) fort was burned
after his departure for
Montreal, by some Indians who are
believed to have been sent
by the English at Chouequin. A granary
stocked with hay was
also burned, and a sort of a redoubt
which stood in the angle of
the bastion was saved, although it was
set on fire on different
occasions.
There were but three men on guard at
this fort, one of
whom had lost his arm by a gun exploding
in his hand whilst
firing on those who were setting the
place on fire. I made in-
quiries as to whether it was known which
nation it was that
had perpetrated this act, and I was told
that it was two Goyo-
quin,83 who had passed the
summer with M. Pipuette, and who
had been hired by the English to take
away his negro from him.
I set out and came to pass the night at
the foot of the Rapids.
The 10th of November, I arrived at
Montreal where I
stayed two days. I went down to Quebec
to render an account
82, 83. See page 391.
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