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  assault. 
  Not 
  satisfied 
  with 
  this, 
  the 
  female 
  sun, 
  having 
  

   in 
  consideration 
  of 
  her 
  rank 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  fane 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  bundle 
  of 
  sticks 
  for 
  her 
  village 
  was 
  kept, 
  secretly 
  

   withdrew 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  at 
  a 
  time, 
  trusting 
  thus, 
  

   by 
  precipitating 
  the 
  attack 
  by 
  the 
  Natchez 
  before 
  the 
  

   arrival 
  of 
  the 
  confederates, 
  to 
  afford 
  the 
  French 
  a 
  fur- 
  

   ther 
  chance 
  of 
  escape. 
  

  

  Deceived 
  by 
  this 
  artifice, 
  and 
  tempted 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  

   arrival 
  of 
  some 
  boats 
  laden 
  with 
  merchandise 
  just 
  landed 
  

   from 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  29th 
  of 
  No- 
  

   vember, 
  1729, 
  before 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  first 
  ap- 
  

   pointed, 
  a 
  simultaneous 
  attack 
  upon 
  the 
  garrison, 
  town, 
  

   and 
  different 
  plantations 
  was 
  made, 
  a 
  shot 
  fired 
  upon 
  

   the 
  boats, 
  by 
  a 
  party 
  who 
  had 
  secretly 
  descended 
  the 
  

   hill 
  for 
  that 
  purpose, 
  being 
  the 
  concerted 
  signal. 
  So 
  well 
  

   was 
  the 
  attack 
  planned 
  that, 
  in 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  hours, 
  

   upwards 
  of 
  two 
  hundred 
  Frenchmen 
  were 
  massacred, 
  

   two 
  only, 
  a 
  carpenter 
  and 
  tailor, 
  being 
  spared. 
  Ninety- 
  

   two 
  women 
  and 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty-five 
  children, 
  

   and 
  all 
  the 
  negroes, 
  were 
  captured. 
  

  

  The 
  usual 
  atrocities 
  practised 
  by 
  savages 
  ensued 
  ; 
  the 
  

   fort, 
  houses, 
  and 
  boats 
  were 
  pillaged 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  liquor 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  furnished 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  long-continued 
  scene 
  of 
  

   carousal 
  and 
  debauchery. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  only 
  escaped, 
  and 
  succeeded 
  in 
  reaching 
  New 
  

   Orleans, 
  bearing 
  the 
  first 
  intelligence 
  of 
  this 
  sad 
  disaster. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  who 
  arrived 
  was 
  Eichard, 
  followed 
  

   shortly 
  after 
  by 
  Couillard, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  others. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  principal 
  persons 
  who 
  fell 
  were 
  the 
  Kol- 
  

   lys, 
  father 
  and 
  son, 
  who 
  had 
  just 
  arrived 
  to 
  take 
  pos- 
  

   session 
  of 
  the 
  grant 
  of 
  Hubert 
  on 
  the 
  St. 
  Catharine's, 
  

   which 
  they 
  had 
  purchased. 
  One 
  house 
  only, 
  that 
  of 
  

   Laloire, 
  the 
  principal 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  company 
  at 
  the 
  post, 
  

   made 
  any 
  defence. 
  This 
  was 
  made 
  good 
  through 
  the 
  

  

  