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The Pontiac Manuscript
To put it in place, it was necessary to carry the wood out of the fort piece by piece, and all the Frenchmen in the fort and some soldiers of the garrison were commanded to do so. They took out the wood by a wicket which had been made for putting a cannon on the river side. When the wood was all\out, it became necessary to join and bolt it together, which was not easily done, on account of its heavy weight; but the zeal with which everybody had to render service to the officers, caused them to overcome this difficulty. The work being all started, they tried to raise it up, but to no purpose, for two reasons. In the first place, they had not men enough, and secondly, the Indians, who had been in ambush in a ditch three arpents away, and had noticed Englishmen between the Frenchmen, and who saw also that the structure would be an obstacle for them, fired several volleys upon everybody, which was the cause of the work being abandoned, leaving the work of raising it for the next morning.
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