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The Pontiac Manuscript
They weighed anchor in the night and headed for the middle of the lake to go to Niagara, according to the order of the commander, which they had received upon leaving the fort.
Friday, May 27. The Indians who had tired themselves to no purpose in their attempt to capture the bark, came back with Mr. Campbell and the interpreter to their camp and rested all day and there were no hostilities on either side.
Saturday, May 28. The Indians remained inactive all day, because they expected news and reinforcements which, according to the report of an Indian runner, who had come in during the night, would arrive in the course of the day, which was the cause why they did not trouble the fort,
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