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The Pontiac Manuscript
About 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening the Indians embarked in their canoes to surround the bark and to assail her. A sentinel on guard upon the forecastle saw them coming from afar, and from fear of being heard, rowing but feebly. He notified the captain, who silently made all the crew come on deck and placed them along the board with arms in their hands, the cannon loaded, everything ready and all quiet, with orders to wait for the signal, which was to be given by striking a hammer on the poop. In this state the Indians were suffered to approach within musket-shot.
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