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The Pontiac Manuscript
The commander, who, though anxious, had never lost courage, ordered that, during this inactivity, the garden of Mr. LaButte should be destroyed, which was done by Mr. Hay, an officer, who went out at the head of forty volunteers and destroyed the garden, which was surrounded by a stockade ten feet high, and contained a number of fruit trees and a house, where the gardener lived, and which was of considerable advantage to the Indians. They tore out the palisades, burnt the house, cut the trees and threw them into the river, all which was done in a very little time, and they returned as quickly as they. had gone out. The Indians saw them at work, but they saw also that they would be too late to prevent them and to cut off their retreat, and kept quiet until about one o'clock in the afternoon, when they fired some shots at the little bark.
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