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knives and small hatchets, often asking to see silver 

 bracelets, and other ornaments, with the intention, 

 as afterwards appeared, of learning their places of 

 deposit, in order the more easily to lay hand on 

 them at the moment of pillage. As the afternoon 

 drew to a close, the visitors quietly went away ; 

 and many of the unhappy garrison saw for the last 

 time the sun go down behind the waters of Lake 

 Michigan. 



