...English, and even apprehended some attack. M. Laurent Ducharme distinctly informed Major Etlirington that a plan was absolutely conceived for destroying...concerning the Indians, who had no weapons but small arms. " Meanwhile the Indians from every quarter were daily assembling in unusual numbers, but with every...

...and Mackinac, and there was a general slaughter of the garrisons. The garrison of Michillimackinac at this time consisted of ninety privates, two subalterns...English merchants at the fort were four in number. Few entertained anxiety concerning the Indians, who had no weapons but small arms. Meanwhile the Indians...

...English, and even apprehended some attack. M. Laurent Ducharme distinctly informed Major Bthrington that a plan was absolutely conceived for destroying...concerning the Indians, who had no weapons but small arms. " Meanwhile the Indians from every quarter were daily assembling in usual numbers, but with every appearance...

...of Alexander Henry (the younger) and David Thompson. Edited by Elliott Cones. 3 vols., 1897, p. 234. who should bring a story of the same kind, a prisoner,...concerning the Indians, who had no weapons but small arms. Meanwhile, the Indians, from every quarter, were dailv assembling, in unusual numbers, but with every...

...of the Indians to be hostile to the English, and even apprehended some attack. M. Laurent Ducharme48 distinctly informed Major Etherington that a plan...commandant; and the English merchants at the fort were 48 Laurent Ducharme was a resident of Mackinac at least as early as 1758. At the time of the American...

...last lost his temper and swore he would send the next man to prison who came with a story of the kind. The garrison at this time consisted of ninety privates,...merchants at the fort were four in number. Thus strong, the majority of us felt little anxiety about the Indians, who had no weapons but small arms. Meanwhile,...

...Canadian, Laurent Ducharme, so excited the displeasure of Etherington by his alarms that the latter threatened to send the next person who should bring a story of the same kind, a prisoner to Detroit. With a garrison of ninety privates, two subalterns, and four English merchants at the fort, he feared...

...Canadian, Laurent Ducharme, so excited the displeasure of Etherington by his alarms that the latter threatened to send the next person who should bring a story of the same kind, a prisoner to Detroit. With a garrison of ninety privates, two subalterns, and four English merchants at the fort, he feared...

...the Indians to be hostile to the .English, and even apprehended some attack. M. Laurent Ducharme48 distinctly informed , Major Etherington that a plan...commandant; and the English merchants at the fort were 48 Laurent Ducharme was a resident of Mackinac at least as early as 1758. At the time of the American...

...tendency to do mischief. He expressed much displeasure against M. Ducharme and threatened to arrest the next person who should bring a story of the same kind. The garrison, at this time, consisted of ninety privates, two subalterns and the commandant; 1 the...