at Chaudière Falls, where lumberman Joseph Montferrand was ambushed and supposedly fought off over 150 Shiners. This event was an example of Montferrand's tough defense of rights of French-Canadians, which made him the natural leader of the French Canadians against Aylen's Irishmen.

In August 1835, Bathurst District Agricultural Society's one-dollar membership fee allowed Aylen and his Shiners to overwhelm