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weeks later, an event which Allen regarded as liable to be "of the worst consequence." His fears were more than verified. The party arrived on the 5th of June at the Indian village of Aukpaque, where forty or fifty of the savages, arrayed in their war paint and feathers, fired a feu de joie and received them with much ceremony. For five weeks Allan used his best endeavours to overcome the influence of Colonel Goold's visit, and not withont a fair measure of success. The details of his negotiations are given in his journal, published in Kidder's "Military Operations in Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia during the Revolution." Allan says that on the Sundays they were at Aukpaque a number of Frenchmen came to worship at the Indian chapel, and he, with William Hazen and James White, also attended.

Meanwhile, the anxiety of the families at the mouth of the river was intense. However, Lewis Mitchell, Gervas Say, and other loyal inhabitants, contrived to send word to Annapolis of what had taken place, and Sir George Collier ordered the warship Mermaid with the sloops Vulture and Hope to proceed at once to St. John. A detachment, composed principally of militia, under Major Studholme, who had been doing garrison duty at Fort Cumberland, was also sent, and on the last day of June a force of 120 men landed at Manawagonish cove, near the abandoned house of Samuel Peabody. They marched thence through the woods about two miles and a half, and when near the falls encountered the enemy, under Captain West, and a sharp skirmish ensued in which several were killed on both sides. The Americans, being outnumbered, were speedily put to flight. It is said that one poor fellow climbed into a tree and in all probability would have escaped, but the cracking of a branch attracted the attention of the pursuers, and, as an eye witness