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The Pontiac Manuscript
On this island the Indians made a breast-work with trunks of trees, which they cut down and laid upon the bank of the river on the side where the bark must pass. They also piled up dirt which they brought on branches, so that if they should be seen in their breast-works they need not fear the cannon balls, and in this retreat they awaited the passage of the bark. At 6 o'clock in the evening the wind seemed to turn favorable for ascending the river, and the crew of the bark weighed anchor to profit by the wind; but when she came near the island the wind lessened so that they were constrained to throw anchor, without knowing of the ambush that had been prepared for them on this island.
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