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valier d'ErnviU'e did not put up with this excufe ; 

 he told them that the dead mm called for ven- 

 geance, and that blood ought to be avenged by. 

 blood, as is their expreffion ; that the murderen 

 had a mother, and that The ought to lliffer in his. 

 ftead. They anfwered, that ihe had not killed 

 the man •, but the officer replied, that he fpoke. 

 like the red man, who when fomebody killed a. 

 perfon of their nation, and they had not juftice 

 done them for it, were revenged upon fome 

 perfon of the nation of the murderer. He 

 laftly reprefented it to them, that in order to 

 keep the good underilanding between the white 

 and the red men, they ought not to oppofe the 

 punifliment of Che criminal. -They offered him 

 .a great quantity cf furs, and even horfes loaded 

 with booty. This officer who is known for his 

 zeal in preferring the king's intereft to his own, 

 and the honour of the nation to his fortune, re- 

 fufed all thefe prefcnts. He added, that he had 

 not been able to fleep fince the death of his 

 warrior, who called every night to him, avenge 

 my blood. The poor Indians, feeing they could 

 not move him, held a council and fent out eight 

 men, conducled by a young chief of the war- 

 riors. He v/ent immediately with his men to 

 fhe murderer's mother, and told her that fince 

 feer fon was not to be found, fne mud die in his 



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