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The Pontiac Manuscript
[Marginal note: "Answer of the preceding council"] Wednesday, June 22. The Indians, who, as I stated before, had news of the bark, did not come round the fort to bother it. This opportunity was profited by in setting the garrision to turn over and burn the remnants of the inclosures of the gardens and to cut the fruit trees, taking away around the fort everything which could hide a single Indian. In the course of the day, the capture of Presque Isle was confirmed, because the Indians who had made this expedition were seen coming back. There was a large number of them, and they brought with them by land the prisoners whom they had made, amongst whom was the commander of that place and a woman, who were both given as presents to the Hurons.
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