If they could but get weapons and a canoe they would make their way either to Fort Albany, so warning it, or attempt the desperate journey to New York.

Again fortune was with them.

As it chanced, the watch, suffering from the cold night air, had gone into the bush to bring wood for firing.

The two refugees stole near, and in the very first canoe found three muskets, and there were also bags filled with food.

They hastily pushed out a canoe, got in, and were miles away before their escape was discovered.
Radisson was for going south at once to New York, but Gering would not hear of it, and at the mouth of a musket Radisson obeyed.