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The Pontiac Manuscript
The commander set an example and passed the night in the batteries, remaining on duty with his officers. Tuesday, May 10, the gates remained closed by order of the commander. The Ottawa Indians, who believed that the officers would surrender to them at their discretion upon the first attack against the fort, opened at four o'clock in the morning an intense fire, and ran around the fort as if they intended storming it, which intimidated the officers a little, because they were not fully acquainted with the maneuvers of the Indians, and because they had not had time to prepare anything for the defense.
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