1. Isles Rouges On August 9, 1755 - Willard writes “much Supprisd the tide Coming So fast and he told me that if we Did not hury Back we should be all Drounded I ordered the party to Return back ... the men being frighted Traveled as fast as posible We was oblige to Travell 2 mils before we Could Escape the tide and before We got to the upland where we Could gett up the Banks was oblige to waid in the Reare up to their midles and Just Escape being washed away”.
In an August 23 entry, on his return trip, Willard writes of the area “Gott a fine meale of Cloms which Exceeding good” — something for which this area is still famous.