THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Joncaire to Baby
(March 11, 1752)
Joncaire in: University of
Montreal, Collection
Baby, pp. 1-2.
JONCAIRE TO BABY
(Universit de Montreal, Collection Baby)
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[March 11, 1752] |
Sir:
I am much afraid that you have not received the letters which I had the honor to write to you and to the General. The quantity of snow or the smallpox must have taken care of the messenger along the road. That's the way things go.
I am addressing to you the letters from M. de la Sausaye to the General, in which he informs him of the bad reception given him by the English who were ready to plunder him on his arrival at the River Teyaondeshoguin; but he came out of the affair well. The smallpox continues here and has carried off thirty-two persons. At present they are beginning to recover from it. We have all lived in tranquillity up to the present, but the news which the Sonontouan chiefs sent here begins to disturb our quiet.
The General, according to what they say, has given notice to the Five Nations that he was declaring war on the Chaonons of Shinyotos, on the band of Nicolas, and on La Demoiselle; and that in the spring he will go to destroy their villages. That is the reason why the savages oppose my going to visit a river by which one goes to Lake Erie and by which one must pass in the midst of enemies; and I can find no one to go there.
I am sending you, Sir, the General's letter unsealed. I beg you to have it sealed after you have read it. The bearer's salary is twelve beavers, of which ten are to remain in the hands of M. Jamet; and they think he will take it in vermillion. I am writing to him on this subject. We are obliged to pay in advance to get messengers. He is not returning. He will need provisions only for his return to the little Rapids where his cabin is and where he is to stay. I believe that my letters had many adventures, for the floods are frightful.
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I have the honor to be with respect |
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Sir, |
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Your most humble and most obedient servant, |
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JONCAIRE |
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I am sending you the letter which La Sausay wrote me on the subject of his meeting with the English. I beg you to return it to me by the first opportunity.
I have received a second letter of complaint from him, but once he clears his affair with Montisanbert before our General, I shall not interfere at all in that.
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