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The Pontiac Manuscript
which, however, was not done because they were told that if this third day, which was nearing its end, passed without an assault the Indians would never undertake the storm, because they well knew that in doing so they would lose men, which they were too much afraid of. The day passed like those before, only, the English officers being on guard with their men day and night, were so tired that they almost dropped down.
Father Poitier, Jesuit missionary of the Hurons, who in this capacity and by the power which he had over them, had brought back a part of them, especially the good band, to the bounds of tranquility by refusing them sacraments, and who for succeeding in keeping them all down had need of help, asked Mr. Labaise, a resident of the fort who then had been with him for some time, to please cross the river and ask on his part the oldest and
most respected settlers
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