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Early Detroit
the Miamis near the fort, killed Father Constantine, a Recollet, and La Rivere, a soldier, who were outside of the walls, and kept up a brisk fire upon the fort for several hours.
There were but fifteen soldiers in the fort, not (enough to resent and revenge the attack, scarcely enough to defend themselves, and their whole stock of powder was less than 100 pounds. The Indians hovered around the fort in a threatening manner for some forty or fifty days, keeping up a kind of siege, but did no further mischief.
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