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The Pontiac Manuscript
This chief of a nation, whose main reliance was in treason and in those whom he fascinated by his showy appearance, resolved within himself the complete annihilation of the English and
Canadian people, and in order to succeed in his project, which he had not yet communicated to any of his nation, the Ottawas, he enlisted them in his cause by an address. Only too ready for any bad deed, they did not hesitate 'to obey him, but finding themselves too weak for this enterprise, the chief tried to draw the Fox nation into his party by a council. This nation was governed by a chief named Ninivois, a man without back-bone, and very easily carried away, who knowing Pontiac as his great chief, and being a felonious character, listened to him, and he and all his band joined him
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