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Inflead of being correcfled by this mortifica* 

 tion, he condu6led himfelf as before, and be- 

 came the objedc of deteftation and abhorrence of 

 both the French and Indians • he irritated the 

 latter, and forced them to come to the moft 

 violent extremities. M. de Cheptir^ defirous of 

 making his fortune in a fhort time, fummoned 

 the Sun of a village called the y^pple^ to retire 

 with his people, and to leave him the ground 

 which he occupied, becaufe he wanted to make 

 himfelf a habitation on it, which fliould turn 

 out to good account. The Cacique reprefented to 

 him, that the bones of his anceftors v/ere repofed 

 there : his remonftrances proved ufelefs ; the 

 French com^mandant ordered the Great Sun to 

 caufe the village to be evacuated, and even 

 threatened to fend him loaded with irons to New 

 Orleans in cafe of non-compliance. Perhaps 

 this officer thought, he could treat the chief as 

 a flave •, he did not refle6t, that he fpoke to a 

 man accuftomed to command, andwhofe autho- 

 rity was defpotic over his fubjeds. 



The Great Sun heard him, and retired with- 

 out lliewing any palTion ; he affembled his 

 council, where it was refolved, that M. de Che- 

 par fhould be told, that before they could eva- 

 cuate the Jpple village, they muft make the plan 

 of another, and that this required two moons time. 



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