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The Pontiac Manuscript
Saturday, May 14, the Indians who had tired themselves the day before uselessly in their attack upon the fort, rested until it was time to commence hostilities anew, which was hardly ever before 10 o'clock a. m. The commander ordered to profit by this moment of rest for completing the work which had been commenced the day before, which was done. A sergeant going out at the head of twenty volunteers, they put fire to the two barns which had escaped the day before, from fear of the savages. After doing this work the expedition returned, and the places round the fort were free from obstruction, so that all that happened between the stockade of the fort and the summit of the hill could be seen, which made the Indians feel very bad.
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