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are very thin. M. de Montberaut is to give him 

 up the command of this poft by order of the 

 governor, after having inftructed him during 

 three months, of its fituation, environs, and 

 many other articles. This latter gentleman* 

 has a high reputation among the Indians of this 

 country, who call him the man of valour^ i. e. 

 the hero. He was remarkable for the fpirited 

 fpeeches which he delivered, in a manner ana- 

 logous to the way of thinking of thefe nations. 

 This officer had a quarrel with the Jefuits, and 

 therefore aflced to be recalled ', and was fucceed- 

 ed by M. ylnhert^ the brother of Father Aubert^ 

 a Jefuit miflionary in Louifiana. M. Montberaut 

 is a declared enemy to thefe mifTionaries. Whilfl 

 Father Lc Rot was at Allibamons^ he wrote to the 

 governor to difcredit this officer, to whom the 

 foldier who was to carry the letter delivered it. 

 The commander faw after this the Jefuit, who 

 fhewed him many civilities, according to the 

 political principles of thefe good fathers : The 

 officer afked him, whether he had written fome- 

 thing againft him. The Jefuit, not fufpeding 

 his letter to be in the officer's hand, afiured him 

 by all that was facred he had not. Then M. 



Montberaut 



. * He is the brother of the Count de Montcut, who be- 

 longed to tlie hoiir.'ho)d of the Dauphin. 



