The French Governor, as we have already observed, being unable to enter into the possession of the colony, resolved to go and remain upon Cape Verd, which had been recognized to be the property of France.  On the 26th of July the Argus brig, and a three-roasted vessel belonging to Messrs. Potin and Durecur, took on board the remains of the crew of the Medusa, that is, the men who had landed near Portendick, and some persons from the raft:  those whose health were the most impaired remained in the hospital at St. Louis.  These two vessels set sail; the Governor embarked on board that with three masts, and they arrived in the Goree Roads at nightfall.  The next day the men were removed to Cape Verd:  several soldiers and sailors had already repaired to it; these were those who had first crossed the desert:  the flute, la Loire, had conveyed them thither some days before, with the commander of the frigate.  It had also landed the troops it had on board, consisting of a company of colonial soldiers.  The command of the camp was confided to Mr. de Fonsain, a respectable old man, who died there the victim of his zeal.  What procured him this fatal distinction was the resolution taken by the Governor to go and reside in the island of Goree, to be able to superintend the camp, and the ships, and doubtless for the sake of his health.[47]

The shipwreck of the frigate having much reduced the number of the garrison, and occasioned the loss of a great quantity of provisions which she had on board, it was necessary to dispatch a vessel to France, to obtain assistance and fresh orders, on account of the difficulties that had been raised by the English Governor.  The Echo corvette was chosen for this purpose, which sailed on the 29th of July, in the evening.  She had on board fifty-five of those who had been shipwrecked, three of whom were officers of the navy, the head surgeon, the accountant, three eleves of the marine, and an under surgeon.  After a passage of thirty-four days, this corvette anchored in Brest Roads.  Mr. Savigny says, that during the six years he has been in the navy, he has never seen a vessel so well kept, and where the duty was done with so much regularity as on board the Echo.  Let us return to the new establishment, which collected the remnant of us on Cape Verd.

A camp was formed there to receive them near a village inhabited by negroes, and called Daccard, as has been stated above.  The natives of the country appeared to be pleased at seeing the French found an establishment on their coast.  A few days after, the soldiers and sailors having had some misunderstanding, the latter were removed, and distributed between the Loire and the Argus.