LOUISIANA. 2S7 



powder, being taken by the Chickfaws^ ferved 

 them to carry on the war againft us for above 

 thirty years, and caufed the death of many 

 brave men, and the lofs of many millions of 

 money to the king. 



The following is, in a few words, the man- 

 ner in which M. D * * * was furprifed and ta- 

 ken prifoner. One day when it blew a north 

 wind, he was obliged to bring his boat to the 

 fhore, and fo encamped thereon, in order to 

 wait for better winds. He went out huntino- 

 and his foldiers did the fame in imitation of 

 their chief -, but the Chickfaws^ who had follow- 

 ed and watched them for a long while, took the 

 boat with the gun-powder, and made all the 

 foldiers in it prifoners. When M. D * * ' re- 

 turned from hunting, he was invefted and taken 

 as his foldiers had been •, but the Indians, con- 

 tented with their capture, and having loft none 

 of their people, granted them their lives ; M- 

 D * * *' had the good luck to efcape, and re- 

 turned to New Orlca7is. 



When one is on a journey, he fhould always 

 have an Indian fcout to go before him, both for 

 the fake of reconnoitring the enemy or prevent- 

 ing furprifes, and likwife for finding out game. 



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