6. All my men shall embark their clothes and whatever belongs to them without being subject to visitation, or robbed of anything.
7. In case of sickness during the voyage, you shall furnish us with all the remedies and medicines which we may require.
8. The two Frenchmen, who ought to return with the Indians, shall be received in the fort on their return, where they shall be treated the same as the English, and sent to Europe during the same year, or they shall be furnished with everything necessary to take them to Rochelle.
We shall have the full exercise of our religion, and the Jesuit priest, our missionary, shall publicly perform the functions of his ministry.
[31] A young Irishman, Edmund Fitz-Maurice, of Kerry, who had embraced the Church, and had served with James's army at the Battle of the Boyne, accompanied the expedition in the character of chaplain. He is alluded to by the French chronicler of the affair as "Fiche-Maurice de Kieri de la Maison du Milord Kieri en Irlande."
[32] The fourth, the fire-ship Owner's Love, was never more heard of. It is supposed that, separated from the others, she ran into the ice and was sunk, with all on board.
[33] Thus was concluded what was, in the opinion of the best authorities, French and English, one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the war.
"Toute la Marine de Rochefort croient que ce combat a ete un des plus rudes de cette Guerre," says La Potherie.
[34] "Ils avoient de tres habile cannoniers," Jérémie, an eye-witness, was forced to confess.
[35] "Ainsi le dernier poste," Garneau exclaims, "que les English avaient dans le baie d'Hudson tombé en notre pouvoir, et la France resta seule maitresse de cette region." (Tome II., p. 137.)