The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02
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/, cut no figure in the calculations OF the
French King. Hardship and death
! Were not taken into account.
! The Engnah rcaped riches from tho
! peltries they got through the trade
| OF the Hudson Bay Company and the
fisheries of tho Newfoundland banks
brought great wealth to them, be-
sides providing q fine training school
| for their navy. The growth of the
colonies IN New York. Virginia. tho
! Carolinas and Massachusetts vexed
him and he saw In this growth me-
| mace TO HIS Canadian possessions. or
course. tho King would help his Cana
| dian subjects In their struggle with
/ the British He would send some ships
OF war, but the success of the under
taking depended on the yalor OF the
(; French Canadians alone. for France
| never was match for England on the
seas,
FSut the French King builded better
than he knew. lie had about this time
q fine, gallant man as Governor of
/ Rev France. Probably France never
| had q better representative in Quebec
than tnat same man. the Count de
| trontenac. He took upon himself the
task Louis had assigned to him. and
| right worthily did he strive to fulfil
IT. First, he determined TO wrest Hud-
son Bay from tile British. Then he
planned TO drive the English out OF
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Next
| he intended to march down on New
! york By way of the Hudson River
valley while sea force attacked the
city and pcnned in the inhabitants. In
cidental to his attack on New York,
he haa designs or Boston and the set
Elements in Connecticut. First of ell
10 had TO get the British out OF
Canada, and to begin tho Campaign
a force was sent in March, 1855. TO
capture the three British forts that
controlled Hudson Bay.
Flight in the Dark.
In this expedition the Chevalier de
Troyes was commander with only
cightytwo mon he set out from Mon
treai. over the SHOWS and the frozen
swanps the little force Travelled, drag
g!ng their canoes ana their sledges.
Three of the lie Moyne brothers were
OF the party-Ibcrville. Saintc Helene
Land Maricourt. In shooting some rap
ids tie canoe in which Iberv!ne was
seated capsized. Two OF his compan-
ions were drowned and he narrowly
escaped death. After suffering almost
incredible privations the company ar
rived at Fort Monsipi. at the southern
extremity of Hudson Bay 1t took
three months to make the trip. u
midnight attack was made on the fort.
| Two picked parties, one led by De
Troyes and the other by Ibervilo.
scaled the palisade and sought to bat
| ter In the doors of the fort. The door
which Ibervillc's companions We're
| rammlng, gave away in one of It's
hinges and was opened partly. He
forced his way through the opening.
| but Just as he got inside the defenders
managed to close the door again. He
was alone with the besieGed garrison
and there was no light Sword in hand
he cut and slashed in the darkness
| finding target at nearly every move
of his blade a man from above, lamp
in hand, approached the head of the
stairs leading 10 the room in which
Iberviilc was battling, but before he
reached the stairs Iberville shot him.
outside the men with the battering
ram Were using every effort to break
down the door. while within the panic
stricken defenders, not knowing how
many they were struggling against,
struck out blindly with their swords
When at last the door gave way the
garrison. which had made itself al
most helpless by the fight in the dark,
surrendered.
A Strange Capture.
From Monsipi the victors went 100
miles overland to capture Fort Rupert
Near the fort was small warship
Again a midnight attack was the or
der and Iberville was intrusted with
the task of selling the ship. With his
brother. Marcourt, and nine men. they
approached the warship in canoes
anu crcpt stealthlly on board. Luckily
for Ibervillc, the night watch was
doing in a hammock. AS the man
10 To -si,- l,a a1a II -.
struck dead, Then 1bcrville stationed
men at the ccnpanionway and the
forward hatchWay and pounded ON the
deck to summon those below, AS Off
Ger or sailor ventured on deck he was
killed. This was kept up until her
Vile considered his party numerous
enough to cope with the rest Then
he summoned the others to surrender
They had no recourse. One of the
prisoners in the cabin was the Cow
crnor OF Hudson Bay Meanwhile the
Chcvalier 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
kichichoumi. They had di!riclltyt in
finding It, having little knowledge of
it's location, but when about to give
up the search they heard its guns. fir
ing a salute. 1t surrendered after a.
little more than one hour OF fighting.
British control of the bay and It's
trade had been broken. Not only. that,
gether with u large quantity Of war
material and other supplies, had boon
captured, Iberville sent the captured
Warship to Quebec ana took the pei
tries to lNrnhcc, He changed the name
OF Fort kichichoulmi to Fort st. Anne