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BEP(F.754.009
20 May 1754:21,22 (977)
Philadelphia, May 2. . . As the following extract of a
letter, from a gentleman residing in one of the colonies to
the northward, contains a more full and exact account of the
armament sent last summer from Canada, and of the pernicious
consequences that may attend the French settling on Ohio,
than any I have as yet seen published. . . Apr 8. 1754.
. . [2d para, line 12]
----That four or five detachments were, during the last
summer, sent from Canada to the Ohio, making in the whole
about 2000, besides Indians, under the command of Monsieur
Morin (or Morang, as some call him) whose knowledge of the
Indians recommended him to the new governor for that office.
The detachment that accompanied Morin, consisted of about 40
or 50 large battoes, and canoes, and many of them supposed
to carry more than 30 men; they sailed within musket-shot of
Oswego, without ever striking their colours, and had their
trumpets blowing, drums beating, &c. This was in sight of
many of the Six Nations, and foreign Indians, who could not
sufficiently express their surprize at such an armament, and
asked whether the English and French were not at peace.----.
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