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riors, and march with the Chevalier Villiers. 

 This gentleman obtained leave from the gover- 

 nor to raife a party of French and Indians, and 

 to go with them to avenge the death of his bro* 

 ther,"M. dejumonville^ who was killed by the 

 Englilh before the war broke out. / 



The grand chief of the Illinois is called Pap^ 

 pe-changouJiias \ he is related to feveral French- 

 men of diilindion, fettled among thefe people. 

 This Cacique fucceeded Prince Tamaroas fur- 

 natned Chikagcu^ who died in 1754. He wears 

 the medal of the late Cacique : this Illinois 

 prince has convinced the French, that he is 

 Worthyof wearing it, by his friendfliip for our 

 nation. The detachment of the Chevalier de 

 Villiers * being ready to fet out, Papape-changou- 



hias 



* The Chevalier de FillierSf who commanded this detach- 

 ment, muft not be confounded with M. de Villiers^ called 

 the Great yUliers, who went to avenge the death of yumon- 

 wille immediately after his murder in 1753. See the poem 

 which the famous M. Themas wrote on this fubjed. 



Of the feven brothers who compofed this family o£ Filliers, 

 fix were killed in Canada in defence of their country. The 

 Chevalier de Villiers is the lall ; he was taken prifoner in the 

 aftion at Niagara in 1759, being in the party of M. Jubry : 

 ^his officer had defeated a body of Engliih troops at Fwt du 

 ^e/ne. 



