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The Pontiac Manuscript
Thursday, May 13, being Ascension day, Pontiac, who knew neither holiday nor Sunday, and to whom all days were alike, because he did not profess any religion, ordered, early in the morning, that all the people should be prepared to attack, all together, as soon as the Hurons should come; and fearing that the Hurons might break their word, he sent one of his chiefs with several young men over to tell them not to fail, as soon as their missionary should have finished, to join the Foxes, and that their arrival was to be the signal for attack. The Hurons promised and kept their word. Although Pontiac waited for the Hurons to commence the attack on the fort, he had in the meantime advanced his force so as to occupy from behind the barns and stables around the fort, to be all ready for the first signal and to prevent everybody from leaving the fort.
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