354 THE MASSACRE. [1763, June. 



upon what they have heard. At the next meeting, 

 the Ottawas expressed a readiness to concur With 

 the views of the Ojibwas. Thus the difference 

 between the two tribes was at length amicably ad- 

 justed. The Ottawas returned to the Ojibwas some 

 of the prisoners whom they had taken from them ; 

 still, however, retaining the officers and several of 

 the soldiers. These they soon after carried to 

 L'Arbre Croche, where they were treated with 

 kindness, probably owing to the influence of Fa- 

 ther Jonois.^ The priest went down to Detroit 

 with a letter from Captain Etherington, acquaint- 

 ing Major Gladwyn with the loss of MichilUmack- 

 inac, and entreating that a force might be sent 

 immediately to his aid. The letter, as we have 

 seen, was safely delivered ; but Gladwyn was, of 

 course, unable to render the required assistance. 



Though the Ottawas and Ojibwas had come to 

 terms, they still looked on each other with distrust, 

 and it is said that the former never forgot the 

 slight that had been put upon them. The Ojibwas 

 took the prisoners who had been returned to them 

 from the fort, and carried them to one of their 

 small villages, which stood near the shore, at no 

 great distance to the south-east. Among the other 

 lodges was a large one, of the kind often seen in 

 Indian villages, erected for use on public occasions, 

 such as dances, feasts, or councils. It was now 

 to serve as a prison. The soldiers were bound 

 together, two and two, and farther secured by long 

 ropes tied round their necks, and fastened to the 

 pole which supported the lodge in the centre. 



1 MS. Letter — Etherington to Gladwyn, June 28. 



