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NHG-P.759.043
30 Nov 1759:11 (165)
Number IV. November 1, 1759. The following particulars
relating to the destruction of the Indian town St. Francois,
by a party of rangers under the command of Major Rogers, may
be depended on for truth, as it was taken rom those who were
present in the action:
Upon the 13th of September Major Rogers marched from Crown
Point, with about 200 men, and upon the 3rd of October they
came within sight of St. Francois, which the Major
discovered from a tree, at about 3 miles distance, where he
halted his detachment, consisting of 142 men, officers
included, being reduced to that number by reason of some who
tired, whom he had sent back: --At eight in the evening he,
with two officers, went forward to reconnoitre the town;
where he found the Indians in a high frolick or dance; he
went through the town, and was spoke to several times by the
Indians, but was not discovered, as he was dress'd like one
of them; . . . [72 more lines, 22 more lines, describing the
attack and its results].
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