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Though Arnold remained indefatigble, many of his troops had reached the limits of their endurance. As the ragged soldiers set off down the Chaudiere River toward the small village of Sartigan, some forty miles away, Doctor Senter recalled how some of them consumed anything which might offer relief from their hunger.
"The voracious disposition many of us had now arrived at, rendered almost any thing admissible. Clean and unclean were forms now little in use. In company was a poor dog, [who had] hitherto lived through all the tribulations, became a prey for the sustenance of the assassinators. This poor animal was instantly devoured, without leaving any vestige of the sacrifice. Nor did the shaving soap, pomatum, and even the lip salve, leather of their shoes, cartridge boxes, &c., share any better fate; passed several poor fellows, truly commisserating [them.]"
Dr. Isaac Senter, in his journal, 1 November 1775Senter, Isaac The Journal of Isaac Senter, Physician and Surgeon to the Troops Detached from the American Army Encamped at Cambridge, Mass., on a Secret Expedition against Quebec, under the Command of Col. Benedict Arnold, in September 1775. (Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1846), p. 36.