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The Pontiac Manuscript
The Frenchmen had to bring answer to Father Poitier, who exhorted them upon the present calamities and pledged them to pray with fervor to appease Heaven who chastised them by this war. This they promised to do and went home, more tired by their useless efforts than content with the success of their enterprise.
Sunday, May 15, the Indians, who had passed the three preceding days without gaining anything, resolved to keep quiet, awaiting the reinforcements from the Sauteux, of the Grand River, who could not be long in com-
ing, hoping, with so many people, to accomplish their foolish enterprise more easily. The Englishmen, who had passed a very quiet night, and who, in the morning, saw no movement on the part of the Indians, hoped that their chances in this fight with the Indians were no longer as bad as they had appeared in the beginning.
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