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NYG(W.760.077
22 Dec 1760:11,12 (99)
Remainder of the Carolina News, . . . Fort Prince-George,
Nov. 5. 31st October, arrived the Mankiller of Noucassih,
and waits for the return of George Downing, &c. from the
settlements. --The first instant, we got intelligence by a
faithful hand, from the Middle-Settlements, that with the
ten Frenchmen (whose arrival at Chotih you have been
acquainted with before) came Louis Lentiniac, the French
officer who, in Governor Glen's time, pretended to have had
an affair with his commandant at the Alabama fort, . . . as
soon as Serowih arrived in Chotih, Lentiniac presented him
with a box of paint and some other things, . . . encouraged
him to carry on the war against us, promised him assistance,
&c. and presented him with a bloody hatchet, which he
eagerly took up, struck with all his might into a stump,
declaring that thus deep would he strike it into every
Englishman while he lived: That then he danced the war
dance, and was joined by many other Indians, and again
declared, that while he lived he never would be at peace
with the English: That Serowih after this marked out the
form and size of this fort, describing its situation and
strength, and gave Lentiniac an account of what goods,
ammunition, &c. were in it. . .
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