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 Success. The two Murderers, Teissier and Larcheveque, who had both a Hand in the Death of Monsr. de la Sale, had promis'd to go along with us, provided Monsr. Cavelier would pardon them, and he had given them his Word so to do. In this Expectation we continu'd till the 25th, when our French Men, who had been at the War, repair'd to our Cottage, and we consulted about our Business. Hiens and others of his Gang, disapproving of our Design, represented to us such Difficulties as they look'd upon to be unsurmountable, under which we must inevitably perish, or at least be oblig'd to return to the same Place. Hiens told us, that for his own Part, he would not hazard his Life to return into France, only to have his Head chopp'd off, and perceiving we answer'd Nothing to that, but that we persisted in our Resolution, It is requisite then, said he, to divide what Effects remain.

Accordingly he laid aside, for F. Anastasius, Messieurs Cavelier, the Uncle and the Nephew, thirty Axes, four or five Dozens of Knives, about thirty Pounds of Powder and the like Quantity of Ball. He gave each of the others two Axes, two Knives, two or three Pounds of Powder, with as much Ball, and kept the rest. As for the Horses, he kept the best and left us the three least. Monsieur Cavelier ask'd him for some Strings of Beads, which he granted, and seiz'd upon all the late Monsr. de la Sale's Cloaths, Baggage and other Effects, besides above a thousand Livres in Money, which belong'd to the late Monsr. le Gros, who dy'd at our Dwelling of St. Lewis. Before our Departure, it was a sensible Affliction to us, to see that Villain walk about, in a scarlet Coat, with Gold Galons, which had belong'd to the late Monsr. de la Sale, and which, as I have said, he had seiz'd.

After that, Hiens and his Companions withdrew to their own Cottage, and we resolv'd not to put off our Departure