He is a worthy fellow who richly deserves some share in the honour of your good graces and protection. He can be very useful to you in many things he is prudent and intelligent, very willing, and has well served on land. ;

This post has caused much joy to all our farther Indians, who having no place of retreat, scarcely

dared to approach the enemy.

They have made me great promises

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especially our Illinois

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to

harass them this winter by a number of small parties.

M. de Tonty had returned with them designing to invite them to come.

He could collect only very few savages because an alarm had been spread among them of a large body of Senecas having departed last fall on a war expedition against them, which fell through on the information Mr. Dongan gave the Senecas that I was about to attack them yet, as this large force had marched six days, ;

A minot is equal to three bushel*.

DENONVlLLE's EXPEDITION TO THE GENESEE COUNTRY AND NIAGARA.

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the cause that of six 700 savages on whom we relied, only 80 came, which was the reason of their having been obliged to come to the fort of Detroit to join Sieurs du L'hut and de la Duranit was

taye not being able to take the Senecas in the rear.

On quitting Niagara I left M. de Vaudreuil there for a few days with the troops to cut fire wood, after having done what was necessary for lodgings.