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Early Detroit
Soon after this a band of Miamis, 400 strong, attacked the Indians at Detroit, and two Hurons, two Ottawas and a Pottawattomie were killed, but the bold, energetic conduct of De la Motte brought the aggressors to terms, and they replaced the dead with the living, arid made large presents to the relatives of those who were killed. De la Motte suspected the fire and the attack were alike the result of Jesuit intrigue to destroy the post, but of this there is no evidence. This event was followed by the approach of a small war party of Illinois, who were discovered and taken prisoners, and whipped by order of De la Motte, who sent four of them back with a stern message to the nation that brought them to submission and terms.
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