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Early Detroit
After fighting with desperate courage, the Foxes surrendered at discretion, but no quarter was given to them. The women and children were spared at the time, but only to be shot at for amusement afterwards—four or five of them in a day, as modern sportsmen shoot at turkeys. The Hurons did not spare a single one that fell to their lot. Nearly one thousand of the Foxes perished in this ill-fated attack upon Detroit, while the allies lost only sixty Indians and one Frenchman. " In this manner, " says Du Buisson, "came to an end those wicked nations.
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