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The Pontiac Manuscript
It was voted by twigs that Pontiac and his partisans should call a great council, to be held on the 27th of April, when the day and hour of the attack should be decided upon, as well as the measures necessary to prevent their plans from being discovered in the meantime. According to the manner of counting amongst the Indians, it was stated in the above mentioned call that this council should be convened on the loth day of the moon, which was Wednesday, the 27th of the month of April.
When the time for the council had arrived, the Foxes, led by Ninivois, and the Hurons, led by Take, proceeded to the place of meeting, on the Ecorse river, about four leagues below the fort, towards the southwest,
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