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The Pontiac Manuscript
The two nations contained about four hundred men, and this number not appearing sufficient, the question was to draw the Huron nation into their projects. The Huron nation was divided into two bands, governed by two different chiefs of different character, and nevertheless both led by the same Jesuit father, their missionary. Of the two chiefs of this nation, one, named Take, was of the same character as Pontiac, while the other, Teata, was a very discreet man, of consummate prudence. The latter was not easily gained over, and not being inclined to wrong-doing, he would not listen to the runners of Pontiac, and sent them back the way they had come, while the runners who went to the first band of this nation, found willing ears, and received war-belts in token of joining Pontiac and Ninivois, the chiefs of the Ottawas and Foxes.
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