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in a hideous manner to terrify them, faid, That they could 

 eat any fort of flefh, and that fome of theirs would make 

 their hearts ftrong: ftepping up to fome of the Prifoners, 

 faid, They muft have their Scalps, which much terrifyed 

 the poor Prifoners, who beg'd for their lives. The Major 

 told them he did not defign the Salvages fhould hurt 

 them; but it was to let them fee a little what the poor 

 Englifh felt, faying, it was not their Scalps he wanted, but 

 the Salvages, for that he mould get nothing by them; and 

 told them, That their Fathers the Fryers 243 and Govern- 

 ours incouraged their Salvages, and gave them Money to 

 Scalp our Engli/Ji, notwithftanding they were with them ; 

 which feveral of our Englifli there prefent did teftify to 

 their Faces, that their Fathers and Mothers were [94] 

 ferved fo in their light. But the Major bid them tell their 

 Fathers the Fryers and the Governours, That if they ftill 

 perfifted and let their wretched Salvages kill & deflroy the 

 poor Engli/Ji at that rate, he would come with fome hun- 

 dreds of Salvages, and let them loofe among them, who 

 would Kill, Scalp and carry away every French perfon in 

 all thofe parts, for they were the root from whence all the 

 branches came that hurt us; for the Indians could not do 

 us any harm, if they did not relieve and fupply them. 

 The French being fenfible of the Majors kindnefs to them, 

 kifs'd his hand, & was very thankful to him for his favour 

 to them in laving their lives ; owned that their Priefrs was 

 at the taking of Pemaquid Fort, and were now gone to 



242 The Acadians were bigoted Romanifts. 

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