CHAPTER XL

THE CAMPAIGN OF 1657

THE SIEGE OF WILLIAM HENRY--WINTER GAYETY AND GAUNT FAMINE

SHIPS ARRIVE--NEWS OF GREAT INTERNATIONAL WAR--RED ALLIES IN MONTREAL--STRONG LIQUOR--PREPARATIONS FOR WAR--FORT WILLIAM HENRY FALLS--ARRIVAL OF SAVAGES AND TWO HUNDRED ENGLISH PRISONERS--CANNIBALISM--THE PAPER MONEY--FEAR OF FAMINE--MONTCALM'S LETTER TO TROOPS ON RETRENCHMENT--A SELF-DENYING ORDINANCE--GAMING AMID SOCIAL MISERY--HORSE FLESH FOR THE SOLDIERS--DE LEVIS PUTS DOWN A REVOLT--THE "HUNGER STRIKE"--THE LETTERS OF MONTCALM--BIGOT AND LA GRANDE SOCIETE--"LA FRIPONNE" AT MONTREAL--MURRAY'S CRITICISM. NOTE: THE PECULATORS 403