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ties arriv'd with a Train of forty young Men, who 

 were all either killed or taken as they difembarqued. 

 The Prifoners were no fooner fetter'd, than this 

 crafty General of the Hurons reprefented to 5 em, 

 that the French Governour had fent him notice to 

 take up that Poft, in order to lie in wait for a Par- 

 ty of fifty Warriours, that were to pafs that way 

 at a certain fet time. The Iroquefe being much fur- 

 pris'd with the apprehenfion of the perfidioufnefs 

 that he charg'd upon Mr. de Denonville y acquainted 

 the Rat with the defign upon which they came. Up- 

 on that the Rat counterfeited a fort of Rage and 

 Fury ; and to play his Cards the better, flew out 

 in inve&ives againft Mr. de Denonville, declaring, 

 that fome time or other he would be reveng'd upon 

 that Governour, for making him the Inftrumenc of 

 the molt barbarous Treachery that ever was a£ted. 

 Then he fix'd his Eyes upon all the Prifoners, a- 

 mong whom was the chief Embaffadour call'd 

 Theganejorens, and fpoke to this purpofe ; Go my Bre- 

 thren, though I am at War with you, yet I releafe you, 

 and allow you to go home* 7 Tis the Governour of the 

 French that put me upon this black Aflion, which I foall 

 never be able to digeft, unlejs your five Nations revenge 

 themfelvesy and make their jufl Reprifals. This was 

 fufficient to convince the Iroquefe of the fincerity of 

 his words ; and they affufd him upon the fpot, that 

 if he had a mind to make a feparate Peace, the five 

 Nations would agree to it: However, the Rat ha- 

 ving loft one Man in this Adventure, kept an Iro- 

 quefe Slave to fupply the place of the Man he had 

 loft : And after f urnifhing the Prifoners with Guns, 

 Powder, and Ball, in order to their return home- 

 ward, march'd to Mijfilimakinac, where he prefent- 

 ed the French Governour with the Slave that he 

 brought off. The poor wretch was no fooner .de- 

 liver'd, than he was condemn'd to be {hot j for at 

 that time the French Garrifon did not know that 



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