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*' reafon. Let us bring the calumet of peace to 

 '' all the nations of this country, and tell them 

 " that the French ftrive to fubdue this whole 

 *■ continent ; and that, as they are ftronger in 

 ** our neighbourhood than any where elfe, we 

 *^ fhall be the firfl: whom they will load with 

 " their yoke. As foon as they fhall have fuifi- 

 " cient forces, they will load all the other na- 

 '^ tions with it ; let us convince them how much 

 *' it is their intereft to prevent this misfortune, 

 *' which cannot be avoided but by exterminating 

 *' them ; let all the nations join us in this un- 

 " dertaking ; let us deflroy the French every 

 " where on the fame day, and at the fame hour; 

 " let the time of the maflacre be that of the ex- 

 " piration of the term their chief has granted 

 " us : thus we can free ourfelves from the tri- 

 *' bute which we have laid on ourfelves ; and 

 " thus the vidluals which we brought them, will 

 " come into our poiTeflion again : On that great 

 *^ day of liberty our warriors Ihall have their 

 *' fire-arms with them ; the Natches fliall fpread 

 *' among the French, there fhall be three or 

 *' four of us in each houfe to one Frenchman •, 

 *' they fhall borrow fire-arms and ammunition 

 " of them, under pretence of a general chace 

 " on account of fome great feaft, and they fhall 

 " promife to bring back fome game. Some 

 guns fired near the houfe of the governor of 

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