i86 TRAVELS through 



hi as defired to ferve him as a guide with his war- 

 riors. They 4eft Fort Chartres on the firit of 

 April 1756, and arrived, towards the end of 

 May, on the boundaries of Virginia, where the 

 Englifh had a little fort furrounded with great 

 pales. The Indians came near it in the night- 

 time, each having a fafcine of refinous combuf- 

 tible wood, which they fet on fire clofc to the 

 pales of the fort. The Englifh commanding 

 officer, appearing to give orders for putting out 

 the fire, was aimed at by an Indian, who killed 

 him on the fpot. The fame Indian called 

 out in their language : *' Surrender, you Eng- 

 *' lilh dogs, or elfe you fhall be burnt or eaten.'* 

 The foldiers, intimated by his threats, and be-* 

 ing without a commander, furrendered at <iif- 

 cretion the next morning ; the Indians then 

 bound them two by two, like captives, except 

 the ferjeant, whom one of the Indians found out 

 to be the perfon who had beaten him with a 

 ftick in time of peace. The poor ferjeant be- 

 came the victim of the refentment of thefe bar- 

 barians, who burnt him without any mercy. I 

 have already faid, that the Indians never forgive, 

 and that they think themfelves free and inde- 

 pendent : therefore one muft take care not to 

 fhrike them, for they revenge themfelves fooner 

 or later. 



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