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Source
4a
Our good Brother of Virginia
This comes by our Brother Thomas Burney who was with us in the last unhappy
Battle we had with our Enemies the French & French Indians, who engag'd
our Fort at a Time when all our Warriors & briskest Men were out a Hunting;
They had two hundred and forty Fighting Men appear'd suddenly & took us
on Surprize, ......
Source 4b
Brothers. We send You by our Brother Burney one Scalp & a Belt of Wampum;
to let you know we are more concerned for the Loss of our King, & our Brothers
that were taken & kill'd than for ourselves altho' in great Distress for
want of Arms & Ammunition, for we must look on ourselves as Lost, if our
Brothers the English do not stand by us, & give us Powder, & Lead, & Arms.
......
Source 4c
P.S: There was but two French Men appear'd among the Indians in Time of
Battle, altho' we understood there were Thirty French men within two Miles
of us, all the Time of Action, who were ready to receive their Share of
the Plunder. |
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