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The Pontiac Manuscript
The Indians waited until night to attack them. But the crew, knowing well that they would not reach the fort without being attacked, kept a good
lookout and watch, and resolved to sell their lives dearly. The Indians in their breast-works, from the moment the bark had anchored opposite them, never ceased to look how many men were on her, and not observing more than twelve or fifteen, believed they could attack her without risk. There were, however, seventy-two men aboard, of whom the captain during the day had hid sixty below, because he knew well that the Indians who were roving over the lake, not seeing but twelve men, would attempt to catch them, which was really the case.
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