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Early Detroit
De la Motte succeeded entirely in reinstating himself in the confidence of the minister, and in the summer of 1706 returned to his command, relying confidently upon the support of the King.
But his long absence from the post had greatly endangered its safety. During the absence of De la Motte, M. Bougmont had been sent here to command. The Ottawas, partly owing to De la Motte's continued absence and partly to dissatisfaction inculcated by the Iroquois, whom they' occasionally "visited, and partly to the indiscretion of M. Bougmont, became insolent and turbulent, and finally, in the spring of 1706, they attacked
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