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The Pontiac Manuscript
About nine o'clock a. m., a soldier who walked with the sentinel in the patrol way of the flag bastion, which faced the river, noticed at Montreal
Point, on the side of the Huron village, some vessels which seemed to be barges with people in them. The soldier, who as well as every one else, knew that a convoy was momentarily expected, which should bring assistance, provisions and men, ran fast to notify the officer of the guard of what he had seen. The officer, by no means incredulous, sent word to the commander and all the other officers, who all together, with troops and merchants, mounted the bastion to verify for themselves the report of the soldier, and find out correctly what • it might be.
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