May it Please your Excellency
My Last Letter was of the 27th of Octr from Chaudiere Pond, Advising your Excellency that, as the Detachment were Short of Provisions (my reason of Looseing many of our battoes) I had ordered Colo [Roger] Enos to send back the sick & feeble and those of his Division who could not be supplied with 15 Days Provisions, & that I intended proceeding the Next Day with 15 Men to Sartigan to Send back Provissions to the Detacht I accordingly Set Out the 28th Early in the morng & Descended the River, amazingly rapid & Rocky for Abt 20 Miles when we had the Misfortune to stave three of the battoes and lose their provisions &c but happily No Lives, I then divided the Little provissions Left & proceeded on With the Two Remain[in]g Battoes & 6 Men, & Very Fortunately reached the French,Inhabitants the 30th at Night who received us in .the most hospitable Manner, & Sent of[f] Early the Next Morning, a Supply of Fresh Provissions, Flour &c to the Detachment Who are all happily Arivd (except One Man Drowned & One or two Sick & Colo Enos's Divission who I am surprised to hear are all gone back) & are here & with [in] Two or three Days March, I have this Minute received a Letter from Brigr Genl Montgomery Advising of the Reduction of Chamblee &c, I have had abt 40 Savages Join me & Intend As soon as Posable Crossing the St Lawrence
I am Just Informed by a Friend from Quebec that a Frigate of 26 Guns 2 & two Transports With 150 Recruits Arivd there last Sunday [November 5], which with another small Frigate3 & 4 or 5 Small Armed Vessells up the River is all the force they have except the Inhabitants, very few of Whom have taken Up Arms, & those by Compulsion who Declare (except a few English) that they will lay them Down whenever Atacked, the Town Is Very Short of Provissions, but well fortified I shall endeavor to Cut of[f] their Communication with the Country & which I hope to be able to effect & bring them to Terms or at least keep them in Close Quarters U ntill the Arival of Genl Montgeomery which I wait with impatience, I hope at any rate to be able to effect a Junction with him at Montreal. I am with the Greatest Respect Your Excellencys [&c.]