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. When he saw all thus lost, M. Picquet terminated his long and laborious career by his retreat on the 8 th May 1760, with the advice and consent of the General, the Bishop and Intendant, in order not to fall into the hands of the English. He had determined never to swear allegiance to another power. He passed to Michilimachina between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan proceeded thus by way of Upper Canada to the Illinois country & Louisiana, and sojourned twenty two months at New Or;

leans.

On his return to France, he passed several years in Paris.

A hernia which afflicted him a

long time, having become aggravated, finally caused his death at Verjon on the 15 th July 1781. his life time he was complimented with the title of " Apostle of the Iroquois."

Note.

--Fort

In

la Presentation, with the River, under the names of Wegatchi, Swegatchi, Oswegatchi,

will be found laid down in the following Maps and Charts, viz*

A Map of that part of America which was the principal seat of War in 1756, published in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1757, Vol. xxvii.