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Deschênes.
To the fourth he sayeth That they in the fort aforesayde at the tyme of theire takinge fedd only uppon rootes and had noe other sustenance.
To the fifth and sixte he sayeth That Mounsr. Shamplye[835] caused this examinate with twenty nyne persons more, men woemen and children to imbarque themselves in the Interrogate Pinnace and gave this examinate order to carrye them to Gaspie and there to leave them twenty of them amongst the savages to get victualls amongst them and to give them two coates of beaver a peece to buy victualles with, and with the rest to seeke passage for France to make knowne in what necessitye they in the Fort were, And this he affirmeth uppon his oath to be true who was Captayne of the sayde Shalloppe. (State Paper Office, Colonial Papers, vol. V, art. 35.)
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Champlain.
IV.
9 (19) Novembris 1629.
Nicholas Blundell of Deepe in France, gent. aged 22 yeares or thereaboutes, sworne as aforesayde sayeth as followeth.
To the first Interrogatory he sayeth That he and the rest of the French taken by Captaine Kirke at Caneda have bin well used and intreated by him in the best manner that he could and as well as himselfe, and hath not bin dealt with to speake any thing more then truth.
To the second and third he sayeth That he was in the Fort of Cabecke when it was taken by Captaine Kirke, and he sayeth that there were then in the sayde fort two greate peeces of Iron Ordnance, but what other munition, goodes or marchandizes, were then [in] that fort or the habitacion thereof he cannott expresse, livinge as a private gentleman to his fashion Ac aliter nescit.