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The Pontiac Manuscript
Pontiac, who had flattered himself that the commander would be intimidated by the letter which he had caused
to he written to him and who had hoped to have all the goods of the merchants in the village, found himself greatly mistaken when he received such an answer from the commander and learned at the same time of the sallies which the English had made for burning down his entrenchments, which made him mad enough to burst. He ordered all his men to return to the fort and commence the attack anew, which they did as strongly as the day before, but not from so near by. Having only two buildings to hide behind, all could not find place behind those and the others who kept behind the hill were too far off, so that their balls often went over the fort.
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