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King George's TMIr, 1745-1747 81 take away a command that I held as a result of your orders up to the point of Departure is something that my sense of propriety cannot bear and that I consider a stain on my reputation. Permit me to tell you sir with all possible respect that nothing like it has / ever been carried out in the service except for serious offenses. One would have to be insensitive to tolerate with equanimity such an affront which I strongly feel to a point which I cannot Express to you. But be assured Sir that the service will not suffer from it in any way. Not only will I do my best so that the Indians that I have raised will do their duty under the new command of M. Marin, although that is contrary to their principles, but I shall also use all my Zeal and Emulation to prove to you Sir that I was worthy of the moment of confidence that you had in me and which M. Marin's unbounded ambition has destroyed. I am with deep Respect, etc. Despite De Muy's unenthusiastic comments on the detachment's success , the unit, expanded to 600 Frenchmen and Indians, did destroy Saratoga, New York, and its surrounding settlements in November, killing about thirty settlers and taking about 100 prisoners.10 THE REUEF OF FORT ST. FREDERIC, 1745-1746 Upon his return to Montreal in December, Beauharnois placed SaintPierre in command of a 300-man French and Indian detachment ordered to proceed to reinforce and protect Fort St. Frederic, the southernmost of the French forts, located on Lake Champlain only some 100 miles north of Albany, New York, and about the same distance to the south of Montreal. Once again, Saint-Pierre had been given command of a unit likely to engage the enemy, either in defense of Fort St. Frederic or in defense of the outskirts ofMontreal. The general's detailed orders follow: 11 Orders for Sr. [Sieur] de St. Pierre, Lieutenant of the troops, in Command of the Canadian and Indian Detachment which will be turned over to him by Monsieur Beaucours, Governor of Montreal, which [orders] he will follow during the Campaign that he is going to conduct doc. 32 82 Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre 1st Article Sr. De St. Pierre will leave from Montreal to proceed to the locations that we point out to him below as soon as the Canadian and Indian detachment that we are asking M. de Beaucours to turn over to him has been delivered, and whose orders he will take to go into the villages to raise the number of Indians that we are indicating to M. de Beaucours for this detachment. After the Detachment has been delivered to him, he will proceed as quickly as possible to Fort St. Frederic. 2nd En route he will be sure to Send several Indian scouts out to a certain distance into the Woods / toward the North of Lake Champlain in order to Determine if there are any Enemy detachments which might be coming onto the Southern limits of the Montreal District, and in case he has any knowledge of any, he will dispatch without delay two couriers from his detachment in order to inform M. de Beaucours as well as the officers in the Places through which they pass, and Sr. de St. Pierre will Continue on his way to Fort St. Frederic. 3rd When he arrives there if The Commander of The Place is in need of having Firewood made for the Garrison, he will order the farmers of his Detachment to make some in the woods closest to the fort for two days only, after which time Sr. De St. Pierre will leave with his whole detachment to proceed to the Petit Sault [Small Falls]. 4th He will camp in the most suitable place / at this location and will pay the greatest attention to stay on his Guard in such a way as not to be surprised by the Enemy and to continuously send out Canadian and Indian scouts in the direction of the big portage (grand portage) and the big swamp, in order to Find out if the Enemy is making any movement or preparations to fall upon Fort St. frederic, or on the southern limits of Montreal or to transport the artillery which is needed by them to attack Fort St. frederic. [18.218.55.14] Project MUSE (2024-04-26...

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