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Early Detroit
for during his whole stay he did not have more than two hours of conversation with him, while he was very active in making secret inquiries of both French and Indians, in relation to his conduct. His report, made from Quebec on the 14th of November, 1708, is written in a captious, unfriendly spirit, and is full of petty charges against De la Motte, none of them of a grave character or involving moral turpitude, but acts, which, if true, manifested too strong a love of gain and an undue exercise of power— such as
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