ABSTRACT
In returning from the last expedition against the Caribs, Le Comte was drowned; and Du Parquet, being informed of his death, appointed Louis de Cacqueray, Ecquierry, Sieur de Valmeniere, to succeed him. Considerable opposition was made to this appointment by several officers, who considered this office as belonging to them; and the colonists dividing themselves between the claimants, both sides appealed to arms. Valmeniere's party conquering, Le Fort, the leader of the others, poisoned himself, to avoid being executed, and his partizans were banished the island.
