Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08

| Itself almost helpless by the fight in
| the dark. surrendered.
A STRANGE CAPTURE.
From Morslpi the vlctors went 120
miles overland TO capture Fort Rupert,
Near the fort was n small warship
Again midnight attack was the or
der and Ibervllle was intrusted with the
task OF seizing the ship. With his
brother Maricourt and nine men they
approached the warship In canoes and
crept stealthily on board Luckily for
1bcrvllle the night watch was dozIng
in hammock AS the man sprang
up to give the alarm he was struck
dead. Then Ibervllle stationed men at
the companlonway and the forward
hatchway and pounded on the deck to
summon those below. AS officer or sail
or ventured on deck he was killed. This
was kept up until Iberville considered
his party numerous enough to cope
with the rest. Then he summoned tho
others TO surrender They had no re-
course. One of the prisoners In the
cabin was the governor of Hudson Bay.
Meanwhile the Cheyaller de Troyes was
breaking into the fort. So much havoc
was done by hand grenades that the
garrison soon surrendered From Fort
Rupert the party proceeded to attack
Fort Kichichouimi. They had difficulty
In finding 1t. having little knowledge OF
its location. but when about TO give up
the search they heard its guns firing a
salute. 1t surrendered after n little
more than one hour of fighting.
British control of the bay and its
trade had been broken. Not only that
but peltries valued at $4,000. together
with large quantity Of war material
and other supplies. had been captured
Iberville sent the captured warship to
Quebec and took the peltries to France
He changed the name of Fort Kichich-
ouimi TO Fort st. Anne and left his
brother Marlcourt in charge. When
he returned to Canada he was made
naval commandcr&of New France An
attempt was made few years later by
the English TO rctake Fort St Anne,
but the two men of war sent for the
purpose were captured by Iberville who
took the largest one TO Quebec and re-
tained the other for service in the bay.
THE SCHENECTADY MASSACRE.
So we'll had the first part of his plan
succeeded that Frontenac thought IL
wise to turn his attention toward an at
tack on the province of New York 1t
seems ridiculous to state that the force
selected was made up of only 200 men,
out that was the total and not all the
members were whites, a small body of
Indians being recruited for the service.
The winter of 16S916s0 was selected for
the campaign, Iberyllle and his brother
Sainte Helene were of the party Over
the snow wilds they Travelled, and on
the night of February s, 1890, in the
midst of heavy snow storm they
surprised the town of Coear (Schenec-
tadY)- Many of the inhabitants were
maSsaCrcd.
Every house but two-one the gov
ernorS house into which wounded
French officer had been carried. and
the other the dwelling of a woman
who had been kind to the French
was burned. The little fort was de-
stroyed. Most of the townspeople who
escaped death in the attack died from
exposure as they fled into the storm
in their night clothes
The conduct OF the Canadians In
this affair was barbarous. They jusli-
fed 1t by declaring 1t to be only in
retaliation for the massacre at I.achIne
instigated by the English
This Schenectady tragedy was as far
as trontenace carried his fight on New
YORK at that time. II served only to
arouse the British colonists. and soon
the Canadians found the English
carrying the fight to them An attack
on Quebec itself came before the year
was out
1DNi ''h' w nNit bcAIh 10 IluuSDT BAY
In the ship ST. Anne and the ship
Armos de In Compagnie to endeayor to
capture Fort Nelson. which had been
retaken by the British, and a new fort
named Fort New Haven, which they
had built. To prevent the capture of
Fort New Haven the British burned
it. but 1bcrvllle managed to get
great store of furs to France and
there was made captain OF a frigatc
His successes won great favor for him.
and in response to his Dleadings the
ministry promised to put a sufficient
fleet at his service to drive the British
out of Canadian waters.
TURNING THE TABLES.
Meanwhile the English colonists had
been busy, They had stirred the Iro-
quois to harass the Canadians from
the west and south, while Sir William
PhippS with quite a formidable. fleet
iitted out at New York. attacked them
from the east Phipps had no trouble
In capturing such points as the French
held In Acadia (Nova Scotla) and
Newfoundland. Nova Scotia had suf-
fered so much from pillage by. pirates
and the English that Its population
had been reduced to 1000. Phipps
captured Port Royal. took the French
governor prisoner and annexed Acadia
to Massachusetts colony. Then Phlpps
proceeded up thc st Lawrence and
attacked Quebec. Here he failed
F'rontenac was too much for him. In
this fight Salnte Helene. one of
lbcrvillc's brothers. was killed
The iAvaslon OF the English was
costly indeed. to the invaders. After
the repulse at Quebec. Phipps lost one
OF his vessels by wreck at Anticosti
most of the crew perishing from
starvation or exposure. Several more
foundcred in storm and the others
were chased to the West Indies In
all 1000 men of his force died.
But that was not all. To supple
ment the sea attack of Phipps and the
guerilla warfare OF the Iroquois the
English colonlsts sent Governor Win
throp to attack Canada An epidemic
deeImated his little army when it was
near Lake George.
Iberyille had told the French minis
ters that the British would continue
to be troublesome to Canadians
throughout the scaboard of Canada
unless II crushing blow was dealt to
them. He explained the value OF the
peltry trade and the Newfoundland
fisheries, and pointed out how dif-
ficult ii was for Canada with It's small
population and limited resources to
properly garrison the many points
necessary to be defended. Promises OF
the ministry did not result in much.
All thoY furnished to him were few
ships, and while he was away In