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SCG-C.750.062
10-17 Dec 1750:12 (866)
Extract of a letter from a gentleman, dated at Chinecto, O
[right edge of page torn away, with text loss about 1/3
page]
We have the most treacherous enemy in the w[orld to] deal
with: --Since our being here we h[ave had a] great many
conferences by flags of truce, with both t[he French] and
Indians: Capt. How was the person who always we[nt, as he]
understood their language best, and sometime he conv[ers'd
with] them above an hour; and there generally went with h[im
ten or] twenty officers near the place where they held their
conferenc[es:] But this day, even within this fatal hour, he
went to answe[r their] flag with only the drum who carries
our flag, and had hal[f an hour's] conversation with a
French officer; during which time [their dykes] were full of
either French or Indians under cover; a[nd as soon as] Capt.
How had finished his conversation with the r[ascally French]
man, and turn'd his back to go to the fort, the villa[ins
from be]hind the dukes rose up and fired a whole volley at
him [and the] drum; one ball prov'd fatal to him, which I
believe went [thro' his] heart. . . [3 lines] The drum was
not hu[ ] The villains as soon as they saw our men . .
.[ran away]
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