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the miffionary fiiould occafion his deftruc- 

 tion, as well as that of thofe who attended 

 him, Dian Mananguc caufed them all to be 

 inftantly butchered ; and, at the fame tirne^ 

 fwore, that he would entirely extirpate the 

 French from the ifland. In order that he 

 might execute this fatal vow with more cer- 

 tainty, the chief fent his fon, who had been 

 baptifed, to La Vatangue, Ids brother-b- 

 law, to acquaint him with the motives w^hich 

 had induced him to free himfclf from the 

 tyraany of the French, whofe infidious de- 

 llgns aimed at nothing kfs than to abolifli 

 the manners, ufages, and religion of the 

 countiy J adding, that his olt (a kind of 

 amulet confulted by thefe iflanders) had 

 commanded him to defend them, even at 

 the hazard of his life ; and he aiTured La 

 Vatangue, that the French had rendered 

 themfelves ii^capable of conquering^ fince 

 they had dared to proceed to fuch criminal 

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