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The Pontiac Manuscript
We have surprised them while playing at cricket, at a time they did not expect it. Our brothers, the French, did not ¦ know our design. When the English saw that we were in earnest against them, they surrendered. We made them prisoners and have sent them to their father at Montreal, without doing them harm. The soldiers wanted to defend their chiefs. We have killed them, but that was in the fight. We have not done harm to the Frenchmen as you do. To the contrary, we have made them guardians and depositaries of our prizes. But thou, thou hast taken prisoners on the lake and on the river, and, after having brought them to thy camp, thou hast killed them, hast drank their blood and eaten their flesh. Is the flesh of men made for eating?
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