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La Jonquiere to Maurepas
(September 20, 1750)
La Jonquiere in: Wisconsin
Historical Collections,
XVIII, pp. 67-69.
p. 69.
You will also see, Monseigneur, by my letter of the first of August last, that the mission of the Sieur de Celoron to the Belle Riviere has had quite a different effect from that expected by Monsieur the Comte de la Galissoniere; that, on the contrary, the nations have gathered together in that region, that they are in greater numbers and more angry than ever against the French; and that, although he summoned the English to withdraw and forbade them to come back, they nevertheless continue their trade with those nations and even urge them to attack the French. I have nothing to add to what I had the honor to write you on that occasion.
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