Martel de Saint-Antoine—Six livres to the poor and 100,000 livres restitution.
Estèbe—Six livres to the poor and 30,000 livres restitution.
With incarceration of the offenders until the amounts should be paid.
The Marquis de Vaudreuil, Le Mercier and Fayolle were acquitted; La Barthe, hors de cours, or "not proven." Péan's sentence was not pronounced till June 25, 1764; he was then declared hors de cours, but in view of his illegitimate gains he was condemned to restore 600,000 livres and to be kept in the Bastille until restitution had been made.
FOOTNOTES:
[201] The Ottawans or the "Sauteux" from Michilimackinac were the first to arrive and on the 14th they waited on Montcalm to compliment him on the victory of Oswego. The slight and small figure of the general astonished them, but the light that leaped from the piercing eyes of the little man revealed to them a great leader: "My father," they said, "when we heard news of the great things you have done we counted on finding you tall like the great pines of the forest, but now we see you, we find the grandeur of the pines in your eyes. We look upon you as an eagle and your children are ready to do great deeds with you."
[202] Father Roubard, who was an eye witness, says: "The massacre was not, however, as considerable as so much fury would seem to make us fear; it hardly amounted to forty or fifty men"; and, Lévis wrote on his side, "that fifty scalps had been taken."
[203] I. e., sent them to Vaudreuil in Montreal.
[204] Those wishing to follow this interesting causerie should read "Montcalm" by M. Thomas Chapais, 1911. It is a notable contribution to the history of the period.
[205] Cf. General Murray's Report, Constitutional Documents, Canadian Archives, English Version, p. 49.