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On the 13th. June, we entered the River St. Lawrence at night 18th, came to anchor at the Isle of Bic; 19th. anchored at Isle Verte 20th. at Isle Rouge; here we had a contrary wind and strong tide running about six knots an hour, which retards us very much as we are obliged to anchor when the tide begins to ebb. I observe the banks of the river here, and for some leagues below, are inhabited, mostly on the South Side.

Saturday, 23rd. June. The whole of our Division. anchored nigh the Isle aux Coudres. Two Boats having gone from our fleet to sound near the shore, were fired on by the Indians, as they say, with two pound swivels; they came pretty nigh them, but nobody was hurt. We found Admiral Durell with most part of his Squadron at Coudres. We are told there are three large ships of his Squadron at Orleans Isle.

Sunday, 24th. June.-A New England Schooner run on the rocks at high water; and it is..

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and The 15th. 43rd. our Regiment were ordered to strike our Tents and cross to the south side of the River, The 15th. crossed, but as it came on night, the 43rd. and ours remained, lying on our arms all night.

Saturday, 30th. June. The 43rd. and our Regiment crossed and joined the 15th. and some Rangers we are told, had a skirmish with some Canadians and Indians they killed three and took three prisoners of the Enemy. We marched through the wood along a good road, towards Point Levy, for about three or four miles, when the Rangers in front were fired on from the woods they skirmished for some time, and the troops were ordered to halt. Some of our Rangers were wounded, but the Enemy were obliged to retire. We then marched on till we came to the church of St. Joseph at Point Levy, when we were again attacked in front. Brigadier Monkton ordered the troops to march in the open field by the River side, and the Rangers, Light Infantry and advanced parties continued.

popping with the enemy most part of the evening, till Captain Campbell of Colonel Fraser's Regiment, who was posted with his Company in the church, ordered a part of his Company to fire a volley at them, when the firing almost ceased, and I suppose most part of the enemy retired as we heard but few shots thereafter-but I hear we lost a few men.

We lay on our arms all this night

Sunday, 1st. July.-The French sent some floating batteries from the other side of the river to play upon us; the Regiments were ordered to stand to their arms. I was ordered with Ensign McKenzie to the colours, and they cannonaded us for about half an hour. There were four of our Regiment killed and eight wounded; and one Sergeant of the 15th. Regiment and eight of the Colour's Company were knocked down with one ball, behind the Colours, and all wounded, two I believe, mortally. This day, we pitched our tents at Point Levy.

Monday, 2nd. July.-A detachment ordered out with General Wolfe to reconnoitre the high ground, on the South Side of the river, opposite to Quebec. They fired some cannon shot on us from the Town, and there was some popping shots on our Rangers from the wood, but no execution--we returned before night. I found our Company in the Church, having been ordered to relieve Captain Campbell's. While we were out, I observed several dead bodies on the road, not far from our Camp; they were all scalped and mangled in a shocking manner. I dare say no human creature but an Indian or Canadian*

* It is doubtless praiseworthy in the brave Colonel to try and palliate the atrocities committed by one of the armies during this campaign. That the Indians fighting for the cause of France, scalped freely, we find admitted on all hands: that the soldiers in the British army occasionally did the same, it would be useless to deny, in face of history and of the many entries to that effect in the principal English account of the campaign, Capt. John Knox's Journal. The scalping service according to Knox, seems to have

could be guilty of such inhumanity as to insult a dead body. We are busy fortifying our Camp with redoubts &c.

Thursday, 5th. July. Colonel Burton with the 48th. Regiment marched and took post along with some Rangers and Light Infantry on the hill, where the General was reconnoitering on the 2nd. I hear they are busy fortifying their Camp.

Friday, 6th. July.—I hear we have begun to erect two Batteries, one of six guns and another of five mortars, near Colonel Burton's post.

Saturday, 7th. July. Very busy at the works at Colonel Burton's post.

Sunday, 8th. The three Regiments, (15th. 43rd. and 63rd.) encamped at Point Levy received orders to strike their tents by one o'clock to-morrow morning. Admiral Holmes in the Dublin, with some frigates and bomb vessels came to anchor opposite to the French Camp, on the west side of the Fall of Montmorency, and began to cannonade and bombard their camp.

Monday, 9th. Before day light, we struck our tents at Point

devolved chiefly on the Rangers commanded by a Captain Goreham: Vol, I Page 309, we read of Capt. Goreham and his rangers lying in. ambush and "scalping nine Indians." Page 348, Knox says "we took eleven scalps" "at Ange Gardien" Page 345, we find that scalping was getting so common that the General strictly forbids the inhuman practice of scalping, except when the enemy are Indians, or Canadians dressed like Indians. In view of this order a wounded regular of Montcalm's corps falling in the hands of Capt Goreham must frequently have had reason to exclaim in the words of the French play "Oh! mon habit que je vous remercie! Page 302, we read of "seven of the troops of the colony being scalped" by Wolfe's rangers. Vol. II, Page 17, the ubiquitous Goreham and his rangers are at work again; the Captain "sends an express to the General to acquaint him, that he has burnt a large settlement, and made some prisoners; that his rangers met some Canadians dressed like Indians, had routed them and took a few scalps." Query? were they obliged to dress at all, to be like the Indians? The punctiliousness of the Captain on the score of dress appears great!! These out of many other instances are adduced, to show what was the nature of the warfare in use in those days, and that the barbarous system of scalping, was practised by the white man as well as the red man of the woods. (J. M. L.)

Levy, and marched behind a little hill nigh the Camp, and out of sight of the Town, where we lay on our arms till towards evening. The French have likewise struck their tents in the Camp which was cannonaded by our ships last night, and we observed some tents pitched on the East Side of Montmorency this morning, which we are told is the Brigade of our Army under the command of Brigadier Townshend, who crossed over to that place last night from the Isle of Orleans. In the evening, we returned to our camp at Point Levy, and pitched our tents as formerly.

Tuesday, 10th. July-The Town has begun to bombard and cannonade our works on the south side of the river, at Colonel Burton's post, very briskly, but have hitherro done us no hurt. I hear one of the 48th. Regiment (Webb's) has deserted this day to the Enemy (an Irishman.) Last night the French began to throw shells at our Fleet, and this morning the Ships who lay nearest them thought proper to remove further off. I hear there were twelve of Capt. Goreham's Company of Rangers, killed by the Indians close to Brigadier Townshend's camp, in an ambuscade. The Indians were at last beat off having left three dead. A party of our Rangers having been sent out on this side of the river, (the south) on the 9th they took one man prisoner and two boys (his children) having followed him a little way, making a great noise, were in a most inhuman manner murdered by those worse than savage Rangers, for fear, as they pretend, they should be discovered by the noise of the children. I wish this story was not fact, but I'm afraid there is little reason to doubt it: the wretches having boasted of it on their return, tho' they now pretend to vindicate themselves by the necessity they were under; but, I believe, this barbarous action proceeded from that cowardice and barbarity which seems so natural to a native of America, whether of Indian or European extrac

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tion. In other instances, those Rangers have hitherto and shewed in general a better They are for most part raised The French have again pitched their camp near the Fall of Montmorency, they have other camps all the way between that, and the River St. Charles, which we hear they have fortified with redoubts and breast works, with batteries at different places on the river side, besides the floating batteries which move from place to place.

Wednesday, 11th July.-The batteries at Col. Burton's post not yet finished: a furious fire of great guns from the town at 12 o'clock; the General went up that way a little ago, three men of our Regiment wounded at the battery.

Thursday, 12th July. The six great guns and five mortars on the battery, near Burton's post, began to play on the Town about nine o'clock at night, and at the same time, two of the Bomb ketches began throwing their shells into the town.

Friday, 13th July. I was sent orderly officer to the Camp, at Montmorency, where I had an opportunity of seeing our own, and the French posts nigh the Fall. The river is fordable below the Fall at low water.

Monday, 16th July. The Sutherland a 50 gun ship, with two frigates, and two transports, mounted with guns, were ordered to pass the Town this night, about ten o'clock at high water, but it seems, they were not ready before the return of the tide, and by that means the thing was dropt for this night. It was thought they might have passed as the wind and tide was for them.

Wednesday, 18th July. The Sutherland with the Squirrel Frigate, two catts and two armed sloops passed the Town without receiving any hurt. There was a few shot fired from the Town. The Diana Frigate unluckily ran ashore, but it is thought will be got off. I hear there is a Battalion of the Royal Americans, with three Companies of Grenadiers (Am

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