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"I feared, too, that my acquaintance would do you little good with yonder dark-cowled friar who is glowering behind you." "Well, well, you know how it is with us here. Frontenac could keep them in their place, but De la Barre was as clay in their hands, and this new one promises to follow in his steps.
All thought of attack soon vanished, and La Barre altered his plans and decided to invite the Iroquois to a council. The degree of his weakness may be seen from the fact that he began with a concession regarding the place of meeting. An embassy from the Onondagas finally condescended to meet him, but not at Fort Frontenac.
On arriving, they told their comrades that the "Griffin" was lost, that Fort Frontenac was seized by the creditors of La Salle, that he was ruined past recovery, and that they, the men, would never receive their pay.
She may do what she will, once we have taken her safely to Frontenac." "No, M'sieu; not even then. We must stop it at once." "Oh, of course," said Menard; "so far as we are concerned, we have no choice. You need not bother longer to-night. I will wait for the boy. I am sorry for him." "I should have more pity, if I knew less of his past." "Tush, Father! He is not a bad fellow, as they go.
They had held their own triumphantly at Ticonderoga, but they had lost their great fortress of Louisbourg, their right had been forced back by the capture of Fort Duquesne, and their line of communication cut by the destruction of Fort Frontenac. In the following spring, the French prepared to resist the serious attack which they expected would be made by way of Lake Champlain and Ontario.
Have you any matters to hold your attention here for the next few weeks?" "None." Major Provost fingered his quill. "I don't know, of course, how your own feelings stand, Menard. You've been worked hard for three years, and I suppose you want rest. But somebody must go to Fort Frontenac, and the Governor thinks you are the man." Menard made a gesture of impatience.
Our forts are strong from the Sault au Matelot round to Champigny's palace, the trenches and embankments are well ended, and if they give me but two days more I will hold the place against twice their thirty-four sail and twenty-five hundred men." "For how long, your excellency?" Count Frontenac nodded. "Spoken like a soldier. There's the vital point. By the mass, just so long as food lasts!
Even if we agree with Parkman that greatness must be denied him, it yet remains to be pointed out that absolute greatness is a high standard attained by few. Frontenac was a greater man than most by virtue of robustness, fire, and a sincere aspiration to discharge his duty as a lieutenant of the king.
Within a few months he was again at Fort Frontenac and ready to rejoin Tonty at Crèvecoeur. Just as he was about to depart, however, word came that the Crèvecoeur garrison had mutinied and had destroyed the post. La Salle's one hope now was that his faithful lieutenant had held on doggedly and had saved the vessel he had been building.
His laugh was not pleasant to hear. "A spy? It is false!" cried Gering. "You will remember monsieur, that once before you gave me the lie!" Gering made a proud gesture of defiance, but answered nothing. That night he was lodged in the citadel. Gering was tried before Governor Frontenac and the full council.
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