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1691. the Remainder (f) came home, and larly related in the eighth Chapter, in 1691.brought with them such Trade as were the Account of Captain siren's Proceed-ready to fail, as will be more particu- ings in those Parts, {g )

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.Brit. Em* (f) The two following Letters, written, oneAmerica Colonel Farmer-, the other by Mr. Reid, bothY°l, n ’ Members of the Council of Barbadoes , to theirJs4. ' " Correspondents in England , may give the Readeran Idea, what was the Opinion of that Island,concerning this Expedition.

Colonel F A/s °ST of our Ships Men being pressed, andUi er ar " gone with the Fleet, for the Leeward Ex-e ter ’ pedition, they will not be able to fail, for Wantof them, and so must stay for their Return. Iwith I may then be able to give you such an Ac-count of their Proceedings there, as may be plea*slng to you ; But, by what they have hithertodone, I much doubt, I shall not: For CaptainWright-, with all the King's Ships, re-inforcedwith six of our best Merchant-men, equal toFourth- and Fifth-Rates, well-manned, has beenthese seven Weeks down there ; And tho’ greatMatters were talked of here, before he went, asof taking and destroying all the French Islands,in a short Time ; Yet Talking is all that has hi-therto been done, except the Taking a small Fi-Iher-boat: But the French have been more ac-tive ; For while these mighty Things were per-forming by our Fleets, in the Roads and Bays ofSt. Christopher’s-, Antegoa and Mevis , they, withSloops, and other small Vessels, are busied in ta-king (both Windward and Leeward of this Island)our Vessels, inward-and outward-bound, of whichwe have Advice of thirteen, of all Sorts, alreadytaken by them; So that, in a very short Time,we shall be in a miserable Condition, for Wantof Provisions.

% n 0 UR Crops, this Year, have been very small;^eid’j ^ In all Probability, the next will be smaller,ter - we not having had the usual Seasons to plant. Wehave been annoyed extreamly, by a little FrenchSnow, who has, notwithstanding the King'sFleet, taken, by Report, eight and twenty, orthirty, of our small Vessels, to Leeward of thisIsland, which has occasioned Provisions to bescarce and dear. {This Letter was written threeMonths after the former.') Our Admiral, ofwhom we are like to be happily rid, has beenslothful in Their Majesties Service ; He and Ge-neral Codrington deserted Guadalupe, without anyReason, only their own Jealousies and Fears ofthe French Fleet, when we had three Times theNumber of Men that the French had. They lefttheir Mortar-Fiece behind, tho’ the French , atthe fame Time, deserted the Island also, conclud-ing we were going to attack Martinica. ThisExpedition is one of the most unaccountableThings 1 ever heard of.

My Autthor adds, that Captain Wright, forhis Negligence and Cowardice, was lent home a,Prisoner ; For which, if true, his Pretence ofSickness was a very good Colour.

(g) I find, this Year, some Actions of SirWilliam Phips in America, of which I shall giveV, my Readers a brief Account.

01 1. D The French had built a strong Fort at Pert2 ^‘ Royal, in Nova Scotia , (or, as they called it, A-cadia) where Monsieur Meneval was Gover-nor, r / They had also several Plantations alongthe Coast ; And drove a considerable Trade, i nLumber, Fishing and Furs; Being encreafed to

six or seven Thousand Souls, who, in Conjuncttion with their Indian Allies, were troublesometo the Englijh about Cajco-Bay and Wells, inNew England. To rid themselves of this Ene-my, the Government of New England sent SirWilliam Phips , with seven Hundred Men, anda convenient Number of Ships, to dislodge them.

Sir William failed from Nantafcot, on the eightand twentieth of April, and, on the eleventh ofMay, arrived before Port Royal: Monsieur Me-neval, the Governour, surrendered the Place,aster two or three Days Resistance ; And Sir Wil-liam Phips took Possession Of it, in the Name ofKing William and Queen Mary, demolished theFort, sent away the French Garrisons, and tookan Oath of Allegiance to the King and Queen ofEngland, of the French who staid there ; Overwhom he placed a Governour. Sir William, inhis Return, destroyed another French Settlement,at St. John’s River, on the South-side of Funda-Bay. The Englijh, for some Time, carried ona beneficial Trade, with the Natives, for FursAnd La Hontan complains, that they under-soldthe French, and took such Measures, as, he fear-ed, would, in Time, drive the latter quite outof the Trade; But they suffered the French, intheSequel, to recover all Nova Scotia, which, asI laid, they call Acadia-

After the Reduction of Nova Scotia , Sir Page 66-William Phips was dispatched away, with twoand thirty Sail of Ships and Tenders, to attackghtebeck. They had on Board, in all, two Thou-sand Men ; and setting Sail from Hull, near Bo-ston, the ninth of August, arrived before Septem-ber, at Sfuebeck ; But were detained so long bycontrary Winds, that they were three Weeks go-ing up the River of Canada, which otherwisethey might have done in three Days. This gavethe Count de Frontenac an Opportunity to preparefor his Defence, and draw all the Strength of theColony to Jguebeck, which Sir William Phips ex-pected would have been divided, by an Armymarching over Land, and attacking Mount-Royal-Fort, at the fame Time that he fell upon theCity.

This Army was to consist of a Thousand Menfrom New Pork, ConneBicut, and Plymouth Colo-nies, and fifteen Hundred Iroquois. The Englijhmarched as far as the great Lake of Canada; Butnot finding Canoes ready for them to pass it, andthe Indians not joining them, according to theirAgreement, they returned; By which Means,

Count de Frontenac had no Need to make anyDetachments, for the Security of Mount-Royal.

Sir William summoned the Count to surrenderthe City, but received a very insolent abusiveAn-swer. On the eighth of 0 Bob er, the Englishlanded, under Lieutenant General Whalley, tothe Number of fourteen Hundred, for to thatNumber they were now reduced, by the Small-s'ox, and other Diseases-

In the mean while, Sir William brought hisShips to bear, on the West-End of the City, wait-ing when General Whalley would begin the As-sault ; But thisGentleman, hearing Count de Fron-tenac had four Thousand Men with him, andwas provided to make a vigorous Defence, not-withstanding the Entreaties of the Englijh Sol-diers to the contrary , resolved to re-embark.

Sir William expecting the Signal of their at-tacking the Town on the East-lide, sent a Mef-

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