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lie made no defence whatever on the trial, silently submitting 

 to the delerminat unael. When judgment had been 



i rose, and, through an ter, stated to the 



judg rich had actuated him. lie observed, that 



ling Brui to mod, in carrying his goods 



he had tail noe bound there, (be- 



te stream. For this Brunei threat- 

 ened him, and shook a tomahawk over his- head. On another 

 occasion, having sold Brunet a shaved deer-skin, he asked him 

 U customary after getting payment) for tobacco; but he re- 

 plied abusively, that lie did not give tobacco to such scaly dogs. 

 Not long aft engaged in playing at the Indian 



game of bowl, Brunet took him by the hair, on flic crown of his 

 /, and shook him. Finally, on the morning of the day of 

 the murder, Brunet had struck him on the chin, with violence. 

 This, together with the other indignities, took place in the pres- 

 j of the Indians, in whose eyes he was, consequently, dis- 

 In the afternoon of that day, Brunet went back from 

 the lake on which they were encamped, into the forest to pro- 

 cur birch bark for making flambeaux: for lishing. The 

 White Thunder secretly followed him. He observed him tie up 

 ; of bark, put it across his shoulders, and commence his re- 

 turn, lie soon crossed a log which lay in his path. The In- 

 followed him, mounting the same log, and, from 

 - elevation, raised his ^dn and deliberately shot him in the 

 back. He fell dead. 



At La Poirde, the party were introduced to Mr. and Mrs. 



Hall, missionaries, who, with Mr. Aver, had proceeded to this 



place, in 1831, to establish a mission among the Chippewas. 



. Hall had presented to her husban . jhter during their 



to be the first child of white pa- 

 rents, both by father and :.. born within the precincU 

 of this lake. The mission had encountered no unforeseen ob- 

 stacles in its fin It has sine been enlarged in 



tnd the d rt a 



. :c in the region. 



