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The Pontiac Manuscript
The traders, seeing themselves forced by fair words and menaces, were
constrained, in order to have rest, to give to the Indians what they demanded, and by giving up a part of their powder and balls, they preserved • their goods, their houses, and their families. The Foxes, who were at the place of meeting, in accordance with Pontiac's orders, had their share in the distribution, after which they separated and returned to their camps in order to distribute the ammunition amongst their warriors and take measures for the attack of next day. All this day the English officers were quiet enough in the fort and in no wise troubled by the Indians, which led many of the residents of the fort to ask leave of the commander to go out, which was granted to them, and they withdrew with their families to the coast settlements, abandoning their homes and a part of their goods in the hope that the tragic affair would be over in a few days.
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