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him, he told them they were much in the wrong 

 in attempting to deftroy a man that bore them 

 all in his heart. This difcourfe amazed the Bar- 

 barians •, he afTured them, that, if they would 

 give him time till the next morning, he would 

 convince them of the truth of what he had af- 

 ferted ; adding, that if he deceived them, they 

 fhould do what they pleafed with him. Then, 

 fixing a little mirror on his breaft, the Indians, 

 who were much fuprifed to fee themfelves, as 

 they imagined, in the heart of this man, grant- 

 ed him his life. 



I have commanded the convoy in defcending 

 the river, which M. Aubri brought up : M. de 

 Macarty trulled the Englifh prifoners to my care 

 to bring them to Ne-isj Orleans \ they are the 

 fame which the Chevalier de Villiers and the In- 

 dian chief Papkhangouhia took. I have made 

 hafte to come to the capital before the thawing 

 of the ice, which breaks loofe in the northern 

 rivers, and followj the current ; I ran the rifk 

 of being flopt by it, if I had not given orders 

 for rowing as hard as pofTible^ I even made ufe 

 of the Englifh prifoners to relieve my foldiers : 

 as every one has an equal right to his life on fuch 

 occafions, the officers likewife lent a helping 

 hand, to encourage the crew. 



After 



