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The Pontiac Manuscript
f He does not order it, He will know how to let us understand His will, and we will still be able to retire without being stained by the blood of the English. Let us do what our brothers demand of us, and not stay behind. " Immediately after this address they took their tomahawks, chanted the war-song, and ordered their men to do the same until the hour of mass, which their women chanted, and to which they listened very devotedly. Mass being over, each went to his tent, took the arms necessary for attack, and they crossed the river in twelve canoes, going directly to the Foxes, who uttered cries of joy to see them arrive. These same cries were a signal to Mondial of the arrival of the Hurons, who were more valiant in the fire than all the other Indians together.
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