The 8th, three Men came to me, one of which was the _French_ Man of _Provence_, with each of them a Horse, sent by our People to carry away all the Provisions I had got together, having taken a Resolution, as those Persons they had sent told us, to return to the Dwelling of St. _Lewis_, about the Bay of the same Name, from whence we came; designing, as they pretended, to build a Boat there, to carry them over to the Islands of _America_; an impracticable Notion, for all our Carpenters were dead, and tho’ they had been alive, they were so ignorant, that none of them would have known which Way to go about that Work; besides that, we were destitute of all Necessaries for that Effect. However we must obey, and set out with our Provisions. The Rain having detain’d us the 9th on the Way, we could not come up to them till the next Day, being the Tenth. Father _Anastasius_ gave me the Confirmation of that Design, and farther told me how roughly they had been treated by those Murderers since my Departure. I know not what it was that mov’d them to it, but they had resolved to separate themselves from those Villains, and that we should eat apart, _viz._ Monsieur _Cavelier_ the Priest, F. _Anastasius_, young _Cavelier_ and I, which was very agreeable to us, because at least we could talk freely, which we durst not do before; but at the same Time they allow’d us no more Provisions than would suffice to keep us from starving, without giving us Share of any Flesh, tho’ they often kill’d. [Sidenote: _The Author and others resolve to part from the Murderers._] Our Tyrants still holding their Resolution to return to their former Habitation, thought they had not Horses enough, and therefore deputed four of their Number, one of which was the _French_ Man half turn’d _Indian_, to return to the Village of the _Cenis_ and endeavour to barter for some. At the same Time we agreed together to let those Gentlemen know, that we were too much fatigued to return with them to the said Habitation, and were resolved to remain in the Village of the _Cenis_. Monsieur _Cavelier_ undertook to be our Speaker, and to desire _Duhaut_, who was Master of all, to give us some Axes, Knives and Strings of Beads, Powder and Shot, offering to give him a Note of his Hand for the same. [Sidenote: _Design of the Murderers._]