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Page 266
... Ottawas , Sauteux , Foxes , and of all the nations of the lakes and rivers of the north , a haughty , vindictive , war - like and easily offended man , on pretence of some insult which he claimed to have received from Mr. Gladwyn ...
... Ottawas , Sauteux , Foxes , and of all the nations of the lakes and rivers of the north , a haughty , vindictive , war - like and easily offended man , on pretence of some insult which he claimed to have received from Mr. Gladwyn ...
Page 267
... Ottawas , he enlisted them in his cause by an address . Only too ready for any bad deed , they did not hesi- tate to obey him , but finding themselves too weak for this enterprise , the chief tried to draw the Fox nation into his party ...
... Ottawas , he enlisted them in his cause by an address . Only too ready for any bad deed , they did not hesi- tate to obey him , but finding themselves too weak for this enterprise , the chief tried to draw the Fox nation into his party ...
Page 273
... Ottawas , all the Indians had arrived the Friday before . On their return to the village , all the spies reported to their chiefs , point for point , what they had seen , the movements of the English , and about the number of troops ...
... Ottawas , all the Indians had arrived the Friday before . On their return to the village , all the spies reported to their chiefs , point for point , what they had seen , the movements of the English , and about the number of troops ...
Page 274
... Ottawas , of Michelimakinak , and to those of the river's mouth to join them with us , and they will not tarry to come . While waiting for them , let us commence the attack . There is no more time to lose , and when the English shall be ...
... Ottawas , of Michelimakinak , and to those of the river's mouth to join them with us , and they will not tarry to come . While waiting for them , let us commence the attack . There is no more time to lose , and when the English shall be ...
Page 286
... Ottawas for the annihilation of the Englishmen , and who , however , had not yet made much stir around the fort , keeping themselves , according to Pondiak's order , away off in the woods and on the shore of the lake and river , to stop ...
... Ottawas for the annihilation of the Englishmen , and who , however , had not yet made much stir around the fort , keeping themselves , according to Pondiak's order , away off in the woods and on the shore of the lake and river , to stop ...
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