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Conspiracy of Pontiac
The Seige of Detriot
He was thrown out of the boat and killed with clubs. The other, when directed to run to the lodge, suddenly fell upon his knees in the water, and having dipped his hands into the water, made the sign of the cross upon his forehead and breast and darted out into the stream. An expert swimmer from the Indians followed him, and, having overtaken him, seized him by the hair, and, crying out, "You seem to love water; now you shall have enough of it!" he stabbed the poor fellow, who sank, to rise no more.
Mr. Gouin, the narrator, was an eye-witness of the landing and massacre of these men. Jacques Lapelle, a Frenchman, and one of the crew, was saved. He was the father to the Lapelles, of River Raisin.
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