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the establishment of le sieur Roma, and another to la—Joie, then under the command of an Ensign of foot, M. Dupont Duvivier, and 15 men. Duvivier escaped to the woods and when a party of the English advanced into the forest, they were set on by Duvivier, reinforced by a number of Indians, and 28 men were killed.

Murdoch informs us that “The English had a park on shore at Port-la—Joie, where oxen and sheep were kept for the supply of provisions.

“That on the 2nd June, 1746, three ships were moored here, being of 10, 20, and 40 guns respectively.”

On the zlst july, a party of Mic-macs set out from Bay de Verte in boats for Port-la-Joie, under command of Ensign de Montejoon, a French officer. They were 200 in number. On their arrival they encountered forty or fifty men, who had gone on shore, belonging to an English war ship at anchor in the harbor. A few of them escaped, some were killed, but the most were taken prisoners and afterwards sent to Quebec.

The Indians had killed a quantity of oxen in the park and the English officers were about posting a guard there, when the French officer deeming this a favorable occasion to master the ship applied to the Indians, but they were beyond his control and would not act with him. A transport of seven hundred tons lay at anchor in the harbor at the time.

On the 22nd of September, nineteen of the Mic-macs who had been at the affair of Port—la—Joie on the zrst July, arrived at ————————-, Quebec, with only one prisoner alive.

War between England and France was continued in the meantime, until in 1748 peace was concluded. According to the terms of peace each nation was to restore the conquests they had made during the war, so that on resuming the affairs of St. John’s Island the French Government at Louisburg ordered Port-la-Joie to be put in a state of defence. Accord- ingly in I749, Governor Bonaventure erected some defensive works there, all of wood except the powder magazine. They consisted of quarters for the commandant and subaltern officers, lodgings for the captain of the troop, surgeon and Chaplain, guardhouse, bakery, powder magazine and prison; these, however, were considered only temporary. M. F ranquet selected the site of the fort, which he intended would possess

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