 La Balme's mounted force moved so quickly that it had little opposition until reaching Kekionga, where La Balme had planned to arrest Charles Beaubien, the British agent.Beaubien and many of the Miami were not there, however, so the force raised the French flag and raided British stores for two weeks while awaiting reinforcements that never arrived.Upon learning of the return of a Miami hunting party to Kekionga, Le Balme departed to raid another trading post on the Eel River.