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Early Detroit
When importuned by the chiefs to furnish them brandy in exchange for beaver, as his predecessors had done, he excused himself upon the ground that the trees on the other side of the great water, which produced it, had frozen this year, and exhorted them to have courage and patience until another year.
De la Moite remained in command of Mackinaw until 1697. It was during a period of active warfare between England and France. The colonies of the two countries were involved in the contest, and consequentj upon this Śwas an Indian war.
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