The Western levy now joined them, and gave them full news of what had happened.
The Colonists were then ordered to re-embark and to proceed upon their journey to their lonely place of banishment whither they had gone the previous year--Jack River, near Norway House.

One of the Bois-brules followed after them to make sure that they went upon their long voyage.
McLeod's party then pushed on with great glee to Fort Douglas and were received with discharges of artillery and firearms.

McLeod now took command of the captured Fort.
Huerter, the discharged soldier, formerly mentioned, went to the field of Seven Oaks about a week after the fight and confirmed Pambrun's account.
A.N.McLeod now became the superior officer in the Fort and made preparation for defending it.

He himself occupied the late Governor Semple's quarters and passed out compliments to white and native alike, praising them for their daring, their adroitness and their success.

A great meeting was then gathered in the Governor's apartments and a levee was held at which all of the servants and employees of the Company were present, and in a speech McLeod told the audience that the English had no right to build upon their lands without their permission--a new doctrine surely.
Leaving Fort Douglas McLeod with his officers and the Bois-brules all mounted, made an imposing procession up to the site of old Fort Gibraltar.