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LETTER VII. 



To the fame. 



jyefcriptwtt of the War cf the Nations of Foxes 

 againft the Illindis, (f which the Author has heett 

 an Eye-'wit'tiefs. Account how the French fettled 

 among thefe People. 



SIR, 



F'S-^^^ HAVE enquired after the manner 

 2) ^ E ^" which the French fettlement has been 

 k-^^ji made here. The country of the ////- 

 nois was difcovered by our Canadian hunters ♦, 

 they found its climate very good, being in forty 

 degrees north latitude, fettled on it, and made 

 an alliance with the natives. Many people among 

 them married Indian girls, of v/hich the greatefl 

 part became Chriftians : and after the diicovery 

 of Louifanay the India Company lent many fami- 

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