To the fourth he sayeth That there was not any victuall or ordinary susteynance for men in the sayde fort at the tyme of the takinge thereof they havinge lived about a month or six weekes before, only uppon bitter rootes.
To the fifth he cannott depose.
To the last he sayeth that those in the Interrogate pinnace and all the rest of the people of the sayde fort and habitacion except sixteene were sent away, some to goe for France, and the rest to be releived amongst the Salvages in the country. (State Paper Office, Colonial Series, vol. V, art. 36.)
V.
The depositions of Capt. David Kyrcke, and Capt. Thomas Kyrcke, John Lowe and Thomas Wade, Factors for the Adventerers to Canada, taken before Sr. Henry Martin, Kt. and Judge of the Admiralty the 17th. (27) of November 1629.
The 26th of March (5th. of April) 1629. we departed from Gravesend with sixe shipps and tow pinnaces and weare of the coast of England, about the 10th. (20) of April following.
5/1417The 15'th (25) of June wee arrived at Greate Gaspe and went up to Taddowsacke and Quebecke, between that and the 3rd (13) of Julye; in these places we traded with the Natives of the Countrye for 4540 Beavor skinns and 432. stagge skinns, according to the accompt delivered to mee by the Factors and pursors of the shipps, as appeareth to bee true under ther oathes. About the 3rd (13) of Julye I sent my brother with tow hundred men to demaund the rendering of the forte of Quebecke, which was geven up unto him the 9th (19) ditto upon such articles and condicions as are set dowen under the hande writinge of Mr. Champlaine and Mounsier du Pon.
My brother haveing possession of the Forte sent dowen to our shippes all such Bevore skinns as were found therin, which did amount to one thousand seaven hundreth and therteen beavors, as appeareth by the account of the Factors imployed to take the tale and accompte of them, and more beavor skins were not in the sayed Fortte and habitation as farre as I knowe.
These above sayd are the depositions of Capt. David and Capt. Thomas Kyrcke, made the 17th Novembr. 1629.