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Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1604-1618 (v. 4)
Voyages of Samuel de Champlain 1604-1618 - v. 4 Author:Samuel de Champlain Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: On the 22d of August, a small barque was seen approaching our settlement. It was that of Des Antons, of St. Malo, who had come from Canseau, where his vessel was... more » engaged in fishing, to inform us that there were some vessels1 about Cape Breton engaged in the fur-trade; and that, if we would send our ship, we might capture them on the point of returning to France. It was determined to do so as soon as some supplies, which were in the ship, could be unloaded. This being done, Pont Grave embarked, together with his companions, who had wintered with him at Port Royal, excepting Champdore' and Foulgere de Vitro". I also stayed with De Poutrincourt, in order, with God's help, to complete the map of the coasts and countries which I had commenced. Every thing being put in order in the settlement, Sieur de Poutrincourt ordered provisions to be taken on board for our voyage along the coast of Florida. On the 29th of August, we set out from Port Royal, as did also Pont Grave" and Des Antons, who were bound for Cape Breton and Canseau, to seize the vessels which were engaging in the fur-trade, as I have before stated. After getting out to sea, we were obliged to put back on account of bad weather. But the large vessel kept on her course, and we soon lost sight of her. Chapter 13 Sieur de Poutrincourt sets out from Port Royal to make discoveries. Att that was seen, and what took place as far as MaUebarre. On the 5th of September, we set out again from Port Royal.2 On the 7th, we reached the mouth of the river St. Croix, where we found a large number of savages, among othersSecondon and Messamouet. We came near being lost there on a rocky islet, on account of Champdor's usual obstinacy.1 1 See Lescarbot, book rv., ch. xui. This was an old offender, named Boyer, who succeeded on...« less