The picturesque StLawrence . musketry, proclaimed the arrival ofreinforcements. The five hundred had comefrom the Richelieu. The crowd of warriors mus-tered for an attack and cautiously advanced leap-ing from side to side and firing as they came from every loophole of the fort darted atongue of fire. The defenders not only hadmuskets, but heavy musketoons which scatteredscraps of lead and iron among the savages, oftenmaiming several at one discharge. The Iroquoisfell back discomfited. Three days more woreaway in a series of futile attacks. Some of theassailants were now for going home,
The picturesque StLawrence . musketry, proclaimed the arrival ofreinforcements. The five hundred had comefrom the Richelieu. The crowd of warriors mus-tered for an attack and cautiously advanced leap-ing from side to side and firing as they came from every loophole of the fort darted atongue of fire. The defenders not only hadmuskets, but heavy musketoons which scatteredscraps of lead and iron among the savages, oftenmaiming several at one discharge. The Iroquoisfell back discomfited. Three days more woreaway in a series of futile attacks. Some of theassailants were now for going home, but themajority were bent on revenge, and it wasresolved to make a carefully planned generalassault. Large and heavy shields four or fivefeet high were made by lashing together threesplit logs, and with these before them the leadersadvanced followed by the motley throng ofother warriors. This time they reached thepalisade, and, crouching below the range of thebullets, hewed furiously with their hatchets tocut a way The Ottawa 117 Daulac had crammed a large musketoon withpowder and plugged the muzzle. He inserted afuse, lit it and attempted to throw the weaponover the barrier to burst like a grenade among thecrowd of savages; but the heavy gun struck theragged top of one of the palisades, fell back andexploded. By this unfortunate accident severalof the defenders were killed and disabled, andothers were nearly blinded. In the confusionthat followed, the Iroquois got possession of theloopholes, and fired through onto those moment later a breech had been torn in thepalisade. Daulac and his surviving followerssprang to defend it. Another breech was made,,and then another. Daulac was struck dead, butthere were still a few left to keep up the swords, hatchets and knives they struck andstabbed, till the Iroquois, despairing of takingthem alive fired volley after volley and the lastone fell. Then there was a burst of triumphantyells. The victors examined t
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