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The Pontiac Manuscript
They came from Indians who were returning from the capture of Fort Presque Isle. All this day the bark remained at anchor where she had stopped the day before, for want of wind.
Thursday, June 30. The Indians were quiet all day, because they expected reinforcements. At six o'clock A. M., three death cries and cries of joy were heard in the fort, coming from the savages, but it was not known what these meant. A southwest wind came up, and the crew of the bark weighed anchor to profit by it. Passing in the front of the Huron village, they saw the Indians standing in the doors of their huts, with folded arms and wrapped in their blankets.
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