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The Pontiac Manuscript
Tuesday, May 31, in spite of the precautions which Pontiac had taken to prevent further disorders amongst his people by pouring out the liquor, there was still some left, because some Indians had filled large kettles full of brandy and taken them into the woods to drink at their ease during the night. When they were drunk they came into the camp and picked a quarrel with the young men by making insulting allusions to the courage which a good warrior must be possessed of. The latter, who were also a little under the influence of liquor, felt themselves so much stung and swelled up with pride that, to prove their courage, they forthwith started to seek death at the foot of the fort towards which they ran, as if the two of them would take it by storm.
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