194 THE LIFE OF

received a mortal blow at the moment that he delivered
expired in Toussaint's arst. From that. letter the Gen.
chief learned that his aid wa, urgentlys required at
Pierrot; thither. thert-lbr.., he rtpairrd.
 *The Fren, II had been drawirn their -trengh under the
 of the mounta3;ns nt' C'abho. As thyv made their wray, they
 held the ravages 'conimtted I.v the -nenmy. Trai es or' ire
 death appeared everywhere. Here and there they met a
 number of roluonist wandering in the wood and hanging..
 the sides ( tlihe rok.-, with their wives and children, har'
 escaped from death only by chanr: or light. The oldi
 restored to them hinp., and promised thbm r.reng'e. The
 of these unhappy people, wL,..se i loth,.s wr.re in rag-, their c
 their imoain;igs, the horror with whik.h tlny were stricken,
 flamed the minds of their res. uirs, aud pr p.r.-l th.rn for ar
 atroities. Without sIruph. and withuit iEr pit, tin.y l acrt
 the herds of bla. ks whom the fate of war had thrown into tb
 hands; two hundred thve immalated at I ihe Fort ..t Mount N
 a little further on. six Lunilred fell brui-ath their nurderoK
 hands. Thus taruiag' was added to .arnage, andl Lla,.k blo 
 flowed rt' aveLnge wh' it lll.loI. TI:he sai;,g aiod turn cides t
 Mout C bank-b. the Ao rthl, njtr ., i flared trd
 spectacle o l ba,.rbarity opp..-rdI to barbarity. and war was ou
 prolonged afas-sinhai.n Thes,:- are the horrible derastations
 slav~ery. .
 No graves w-ren dug, no mouunds w.re rais.-d J;ir spultan."
 De;salines had prohibited interment in order that the eyes o.
 his assailants might see his .e-ng,..ai,-e e i-r-vn in thl-e Ipulive
 mains ofl'arrav.,e. It is said that the mou-ktr :lI-w a nIother f
 having buried her son. The Frnh:b, carried Iaay by th
 movemw-nts of the war, gare no attention to.. the rliijus duty
 tl'f burial, so that tlie dJ-ad bodies becanLe lioo.l1 r I .,gs, vultu
 and cr, idil,.- ; and th-ir bones, partly talLiniJd b %i the SMk
 remained s. atter-d about, as if t mark the mournlul jury:
servitude and lust of power. ,
 Fortune seemed to smile on Leclerc. He lost no time

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