He lost no time in lamentation. Of the few men at his command, he chose nine of the trustiest, embarked with them in canoes, and went to meet the marauders. After passing the Bay of Quinté, he took his station, with five of his party, at a point of land suited to his purpose, and detached the remaining four to keep watch. In the morning, two canoes were discovered, approaching without suspicion, one of them far in advance of the other. As the foremost drew near, La Salle’s canoe darted out from under the leafy shore; two of the men handling the paddles, while he, with the remaining two, levelled their guns at the deserters, and called on them to surrender. Astonished and dismayed, they yielded at once; while two more, who were in the second canoe, hastened to follow their example. La Salle now returned to the fort with his prisoners, placed them in custody, and again set forth. He met the third canoe upon the lake at about six o’clock in the evening. His men vainly plied their paddles in pursuit. The mutineers reached the shore, took post among rocks and trees, levelled their guns, and showed fight. Four of La Salle’s men made a circuit to gain their rear and dislodge them, on which they stole back to their canoe, and tried to escape in the darkness. They were pursued, and summoned to yield; but they replied by aiming their guns at their pursuers, who instantly gave them a volley, killed two of them, and captured the remaining three. Like their companions, they were placed in custody at the fort, to await the arrival of Count Frontenac. Francis Parkman, _La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West_. By permission of the publishers, Little, Brown & Company. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HISTORICAL NARRATIVE The editors have found these additional selections very useful in teaching historical narrative: Guedalla, Philip. _The Second Empire_, Part III, _The Emperor_. G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Parkman, Francis. _La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West_, particularly Chapter XV, _Indian Conquerors_. Little, Brown & Company. Roosevelt, Theodore. _The Winning of the West_, Vol. IV, Chapter II, _Mad Anthony Wayne_. G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Strachey, Lytton. _Queen Victoria_, particularly pages 67-70. Harcourt, Brace and Company. CHAPTER IV _Historical Fiction_