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The Pontiac Manuscript
that they had beaten the English at different times and would do so again, and at the close of their speech asked for bread, tobacco and beer, which were given to them. They stayed long enough for the other ten, who were instructed that way, to examine all that might happen in the fort, and no one, English or French, mistrusted them, because it is their custom to roam everywhere
without being interfered with. After having gone the rounds in the fort and examined everything well, they called for the dancers, and together, without creating suspicion, they went off to their village, which was situated a little above the fort, on the other side of the river, extending east and northeast, where, in accordance with the orders of Pontiac, chief of the Ottawas, all the Indians had arrived the Friday before.
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