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by fome cannon fhots which I order to 



be difcharged from the fort. I mfift on 

 *' having the heads of tbofe chiefs who 

 •* made an attempt on my !ife, in the middle 

 ** of a folemn afl'emhly ; but this is refufed. 

 *' I then call to my a fTi fiance the Samba- 

 ** rives, a people who live on the banks of 

 ** Ihc river Manaharre : five hundred of 

 *' their warrioi*s range them felves under my 

 *' ftandards, and enable me to punifh and 

 *' fubdue my dangerous neighbours. Being 



compelled to fue for peace, the articles 

 ** of a tieaty were formally agreed on and 



fandioned in a grand cahar or falabre j 

 ** the ufnal ceremonies were obferved j I 

 *' rewarded the Sambarives when I dif- 

 *' miffed them ; I promifcd to protect and 

 ** defend them againft the enterprifes of 

 •* their enemies ; and I exhorted them to 

 ** cultivate their lands, as the fpeedieft 

 ** mode of remedying thofe evils wliich had 



*' been 



