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Bouquet to Monckton
(Presqu'Isle, Sept. 15, 1760)
Bouquet, Henry in: Aspinwall Papers,
Coll. of the Mass. Hist. Soc.,
vol. IX, 4th series,
pp. 321-323.
pp. 321.
BOUQUET TO MONCKTON.
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PRESQU'ISLE 15th September 1760. |
SIR,
I am to acknowledge you Letters of the 23rd and 27th August. The last received yesterday by Capt. Montour, who arrived here with Chingas and two other Indians whom he picked up at Custologa's, and could get no body else to come with him, nor even an answer to his speech. Chingas and another are to go back to morrow being come only to view our Works.
Give me leave to observe on this and other similar Cases, that the Managers do not seem to represent you things as they are. I can not perceive that they have any Influence, and we had more real services from the Indians two years ago than we ever had since.
As an appearance of those People may be of use I keep here our few Chipwas tho' very expensive by their families, they will not stay long neither having hunted a fortnight without killing a Deer. The scarceness of game is probably the Reason that there are no other Indians settled on this side the Lake from Niagara to Detroit, except a few wandering families who have no fixed habitations.
I wrote you that I had sent them after the Enemy. They followed them for three days in their Canoe, and overtook a Party of about 20, going back by land, who as soon as they saw the Canoe, ran off, leaving their Meat on the fire, our Indians having no moccasins could not pursue them & returned.
Our Battoes are this moment returned from Niagara with 600 Barrells flour, much of it spoiled, having served for Breast Work last Winter at Oswego. The Sloop had orders to follow the army, she is expected soon back. In the mean time no stores whatever either for sloop or the Flatt.
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