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that very lime iho'w wjirrior.s wove coiilimiiii^ I lie butchery of 

 froutiorwiiuMi. Bi'iulstroot at onvv sent a. nie.ssaj>;(> southward to 

 interee})t Bou(iuet, iufonuing- liini tliat an nrniistice liad been 

 conehuled, but Bouc^uet ivad between the hnes the I'enl situation, 

 and contiiuied his march iuto Indian territory. .Mter reacliing 

 tlie Muskin<>;uiu river, hecstablislied a cauij) near the site of J)r(»s- 

 den. Within two days the ciiicM's of the :ibo\(> ti'ib(>s, also of 

 the Senecas, a{)peared on a mission of peace. ( 'oIon(>l liou((uet 

 had had expcn-ience with the Indians; he read fi'om tlieir faces 

 what their hps did not say. The Indians feared tliis man whose 

 stratef:;y had savcnl J^'ort^ Pitt the year before, and within a. few 

 days he succeedcMl in makinjL!; these cliiefs ackn()wledf!;e wliat Ihey 

 had really b(MMi doinji;. Aft(M' tluMr conference witli ( 'olonel 

 Jiradstreet, they iiad improved the int(M-im by nMuovinj!; some 

 remaiuiujj; whites who had escaped former |)iihiji;es; it was theii' 

 lio})e to befoj;" tliis other colonel, so that they mi^lit iiave time for 

 conijilet.inj;- the carnaji;e. But Boucpiet kn(>w how to negotiate 

 with Indians; he drew from tlieir own lips the testimony which 

 convictcMl t-luMn. He kept the chiefs in suspense several days; at 

 last, in a linal audience he ^av(» them to undei-stand that they 

 could secure ])eace only by deliverin};- to him within IweKc days 

 all tlu^ prisoners they had takcMi from the settlements. 



This demand was complied with to th(^ satisfaction of ( 'olonel 

 BoU(|uet. Tho Indians (h^livered 2()() prisoiuM's, (SI men, th(> 

 rest wom(^n and childrcMi. This oiit('om(> of tlie (>xpedition was 

 eminently satisfactory to all ])arties conccM-niMl. Thus the Bi-it,isli 

 gnulually develo))ed (Confidence between th(Mns(>lv(\s and the 

 Indians in this country; and this confidcMice was seldom abused 

 till aftci- the Hcvolutionary war, wIkmi trouble commcMiced a<>;ain, 

 partly thi-ouj;li the lack of di))loma('y on the|)art of the white 

 men. 



The Lr(iNs-A/)/)(ilacluan. area secured lo llie KN(/lis/i.. Th(> claim 

 of lOnfiland to a large part of AnuM-ica was cstablisluHl by th(>ir 

 defeat of tlu^ French. In addition to the terms of the Treaty of 

 Paris, 17()o, by which I'rench influence; tln'oretically tcrminatcMl, 

 the English \vei'(> making progress in getting on witii the Indians. 

 Still then^ wei'e many conflicting int(M-(\st-s to l)e hai'monized. 

 The French settlers, by this treaty, were shifted under a, new- 

 religious and legal control; the t^nglish settlei's W(>re disappointed 

 and vexed ov(>r tlie (lis|)osition made of the a('(|iiire(l tci-ritory that. 



