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Early Detroit
Iroquois took part with their English allies, while the Chippewas, the Ottawas, and most of the nations of the Northwest took part with the French. But no arts and no efforts were wanting to win them from their allegiance and enlist them with the English, and if that failed, at least to withdraw them from the contest. Iroquois emissaries were everywhere applying all the arts of Indian diplomacy, aided by English wealth. The duties of the commandant of Mackinaw were complicated, arduous and important. It was his duty to detect and defeat the intrigues of a wily foe; to maintain the friendship of fickle, credulous and treacherous allies;
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