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nifliment, and brought them to an explication 

 with the governor, who told them, that our 

 people would not treat with them concerning 

 arms and ammunition, as long as the Red Shoe 

 had not found his wits again •, becaufe, if they 

 got powder, they could not help, being all bro- 

 thers, to give a fiiare of it to the warriors of 

 captain or chief Red Shoe, This anfwer deter- 

 mined them to fpcak to the tribes that infulted 

 us ; they told them, if they did not foon go with 

 the calumet to the French^ they themfelves 

 would go to war againfl them as rebels. This 

 threat made them afk peace, and offer a repa- 

 ration to the French^ who were not in a condition 

 to fullain a war againft fo numerous a nation. 



Thus M. de VaudreuiU as a wife politician, 

 put a ftop to this war, without expences to the 

 Hate, and without expofmg a fmgle man *, it was 

 M. de Grand- pre, a captain of our troops, wlio 

 v^as charged with this important negociation •, the 

 Marquis could not pitch upon a fitter perfon* 

 M. de Grand-pre is a Canadian^ and ferves the 

 King with zeal, bravery, and difinterefcednefs. 

 I was upon the point of going to ferve under 

 him at Fort Tomhekbe among the Cka^aws^ 

 when I firfl arrived herein 1751. 



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