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     sent to restore him, though the savages had returned 
     
     several prisoners without ransom, in order to recover 
     
     his liberty, and notwithstanding that this condition had 
     
     been accepted. 
     
    

    
     In the month of July 1745, the same David by the 
     
     like strategem took a savage family, who had no other 
     
     way to get out of his hands, than by making their 
     
     escape the very night they were taken. 
     
    

    
     At the same time one Bartholemew Petitpas, being 
     
     appointed interpreter of the savages, was carried 
     
     prisoner to Boston. In vain did you claim him several 
     
     times in exchange for some English prisoners at that 
     
     time in your custody. In vain did you grant two of 
     
     them, who were officers, their liberty, on condition that 
     
     Bartholemew Petitpas was sent back. They were deaf 
     
     to your offers, and insensible to your generosity; and 
     
     soon after they put your brother to death. 
     
    

    
     The same year, 1745, your missionary having been 
     
     invited to a parley on your account by several letters 
     
     from one of the chief officers among the English, and 
     
     having received a declaration in writing, that he should 
     
     be at his liberty to return back to you when he pleased, 
     
     ventured to repair to Louisburg. But when he had done 
     
     every thing that was desired, the English, instead of 
     
     observing their promise, detained him against his will, 
     
     used him extremely ill, and though he was in a very bad 
     
     state of health, obliged him to embark for England, 
     
     from whence he was not remanded to France till some 
     
     time after. 
     
    

    
     It was also in the year 1745, that the dead bodies of 
     
     several of the savages were dug up at Port Toulouse, 
     
     and thrown into the fire by the inhabitants of Boston, 
     
     who likewise insulted the burying ground of your