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ramcook, avec l’ordre de brûler toutes les habitations et d’emmener avec lui les femmes et les enfants, ne pût exécuter que la première partie de ses ordres^[1]. À son approche, toute la population, qui connaissait le sort fait à ceux qui avaient obéi à la proclamation, s’était réfugiée dans les bois. Après avoir incendié cent quatre-vingts maisons, y compris l’église, à Chipody, il entra dans la rivière Petitcodiac qu’il remonta quelque distance, en brûlant également toutes les maisons qui bordaient ses deux rives. Arrivé près du principal village, il jeta l’ancre, et ordonna au capitaine Adams de rejoindre avec soixante hommes les détachements des lieutenants Endicott et Billings, qui remontaient la rivière par terre. « Deux cent cinquante-trois maisons, dit Haliburton, étaient en feu à ce moment, dans lesquelles

↑ Cf. Rameau. Une colonie féodale etc., II. XIV, P. 169. Cf. Winslow’s Journal. Ibid. P. 99 : Monckton to Winslow : « Forte Cumberland. Septr. 4, 1755… Major Frye is returned from the rivers of Shipoudie, Memeramhook (sic) et Pitcoudiak at the later of which places part of his detachment was attacked. Lieut, March of ye 2^nd Battalion killed, Ensu. Billings of jour Battalion wounded and about 22 men kild and missing… »
Robt. Monckton.

Ibid. P. 100-1, Jedediah Preble to Winslow. Camp Cumberland, Septr. 5. 1755 : « It is with greif that I inform you that ou the 2^nd inst. Major Frye being at Shipodia where he was ordered to burn the buildings and bring of the women and children the numbers of which was only twenty-three which he had sent on board and burnd 253 buildings and hand (sic) sent 50 men on shore to burn the mass house and some other buildings whieh was the last they had to do, when about 300 french and indians came suddenly on them kild Doctr. March, shot lieut. Billings throh the body and throh ye arm and kild or took 22 and wounded six more they retreated to ye dikes and majr. Frye landed with what men he could get on shore and made a sand but their number being superior to ours were forst to retreat… »

Ibid. P. 101. Thos. Speakman to Winslow, Camp Cumberland. Septr. 5, 1755, autre récit détaillé de cet incident.

[1] Cf. Rameau. Une colonie féodale etc., II. XIV, P. 169. Cf. Winslow’s Journal. Ibid. P. 99 : Monckton to Winslow : « Forte Cumberland. Septr. 4, 1755… Major Frye is returned from the rivers of Shipoudie, Memeramhook (sic) et Pitcoudiak at the later of which places part of his detachment was attacked. Lieut, March of ye 2^nd Battalion killed, Ensu. Billings of jour Battalion wounded and about 22 men kild and missing… »
Robt. Monckton.

Ibid. P. 100-1, Jedediah Preble to Winslow. Camp Cumberland, Septr. 5. 1755 : « It is with greif that I inform you that ou the 2^nd inst. Major Frye being at Shipodia where he was ordered to burn the buildings and bring of the women and children the numbers of which was only twenty-three which he had sent on board and burnd 253 buildings and hand (sic) sent 50 men on shore to burn the mass house and some other buildings whieh was the last they had to do, when about 300 french and indians came suddenly on them kild Doctr. March, shot lieut. Billings throh the body and throh ye arm and kild or took 22 and wounded six more they retreated to ye dikes and majr. Frye landed with what men he could get on shore and made a sand but their number being superior to ours were forst to retreat… »

Ibid. P. 101. Thos. Speakman to Winslow, Camp Cumberland. Septr. 5, 1755, autre récit détaillé de cet incident.

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