His Indians distinon the river Corlac (Corlear) as on that of Choeguen. as well Forts the of all of La Presentation the warriors guished themselves especially at Fort George on Lake Ontario where alone with their bark canoes destroyed the English fleet commanded by Capt. Beccan who was made prisoner with a number of others and that in sight of the French army, commanded by M. de Villiers who was at the Isle Galop. The war parties which departed and returned continually, filled the Mission with so many prisoners that their numbers frequently surpassed that of the warriors, rendering it necessary to empty the villages and send them to Headquarters. In fine a number of other expeditions of which M. Picquet was the principal author have procured the promotion of several officers

He frequently found himself in the vanguard when the King's He distinguished himself particularly in the expeditions

troops were ordered to attack the enemy.

of Sarasto (Saratoga),

Lake Champlain, Pointe a la Chevelure (Crown Point), the Cascades, Carillon The posts he estab-

(Ticonderoga) Choeguen (Oswego), River Corlac (Mohawk), Isle au Galop etc.

;

eab.lt settlement at ogdensburgh.

lished for the King protected the Colony pending the entire war.

M. du Quesne said that the Abbe

Picquet was worth more than ten regiments. In the month of May 1756 M. de Vaudreuil got M. Picquet to depute the Chiefs of his Missions to the Five Nations of Senecas, Cayugas, Onontagues, Tuscaroras and Oneidas to attach them more and

more to the French. The English had surprised and killed their nephews in the three villages of the Loups (Mohegans ?) M. de Vaudreuil requested him to form parties which could succeed each In 1758 he destroyed the English forts on the banks other in disquieting and harassing the English. of Corlac, but at length the battle of the 13 Sept. 1759, in which the Marquis of Montcalm was killed, brought ruin on Quebec and that of Canada followed.