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BG.754.018
14 May 1754:31,32 (72)
Philadelphia, May 2. To the printers of the Gazette. 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, your inserting this. . . [2 lines] April 8.
1754. . .
[32, line 5:] -----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, 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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