Fortune favoured the expedition.

Pontiac was either ignorant of its approach or unable to mature a plan to check its advance.

Through the darkness and fog of the night of July 28 the barges cautiously crept up-stream, and when the morning sun of the 29th lifted the mists from the river they were in full view of the fort.

Relief at last! The weary watching of months was soon to end.

The band of the fort was assembled, and the martial airs of England floated on the morning breeze.