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at him for his simplicity, thanking him in the name 

 of the defenders for having given them time to pre- 

 pare for defence, and telling him that now they 

 laughed at his attack. De Quindre, mortified at 

 being so easily outwitted, set a trap in his turn 

 for Boone. He assured the latter that his orders 

 from Detroit were to capture, not to destroy, the 

 garrison, and proposed that nine of their number 

 should come out and hold a treaty. The terms of 

 the treaty are not mentioned ; apparently it was to be 

 one of neutrality, Boonesborough acting as if it 

 were a little independent and sovereign common- 

 wealth, making peace on its own account with a par- 

 ticular set of foes. At any rate, De Quindre agreed 

 to march his forces peaceably off when it was con- 

 cluded. 



Boone accepted the proposition, but being sus- 

 picious of the good-faith of his opponents, insisted 

 upon the conference being held within sixty yards of 

 the fort. After the treaty was concluded the In- 

 dians proposed to shake hands with the nine white 

 treaty-makers, and promptly grappled them. 37 

 However, the borderers wrested themselves free, 

 and fled to the fort under a heavy fire, which 

 wounded one of their number. 



The Indians then attacked the fort, surrounding 

 it on every side and keeping up a constant fire at 

 the loopholes. The whites replied in kind, but the 

 combatants were so well covered that little damage 



31 Apparently there were eighteen Indians on the treaty 

 ground, but these were probably, like the whites, unarmed. 



