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La Galissonire to the
French Minister
(October 23, 1748)
La Galissonire in: "1748:Western
Conspiracy
Disintegrates," Wisconsin Historical
Collections, XVII, pp. 505-512.
1748: WESTERN CONSPIRACY DISINTEGRATES
[Letter of La Galissonire to the French Minister, dated Oct. 23, 1748. Reprinted from N. Y. Colon. Docs., x, pp. 181-185.]
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QUEBEC, October 23, 1748. |
My Lord-
I did not expect to enter into any details on occasion of the different movements of the Indians, and the negotiations which I, in the town of Montreal, and the commandants at the different posts had with them. They are all to be found in the Journal prepared by me, conjointly with the Intendant.1 However, as this matter is much confused, and as the various reports which will, possibly, be made to you, will render it more obscure, I cannot dispense writing to you at length relative to subjects of the greatest importance to the Colony.
It was shortly after my arrival that I learned the revolt of the Miamis, the consequences of which, though unfortunate, have not been near so much so as they seemed to be. That nation was divided into two parties, whereof one that appears attached to the French is, I believe, the most considerable, and has remained at the village. It did, however, accept its share of the plunder, but gave it back afterwards; no one was killed in that affair. . .
. . .
During the winter, a Frenchman, who strayed from the fort, was killed by an Iroquois, without Sieur Dubuisson having been able to induce the Miamis, who pretended to be favorable to the French, to pursue the murderer, as they have been won over to connive at the perpetration of that hostile blow.
Sieur Dubuisson returned to Detroit in the spring, with the residue of the
plunder that had been given up, and the property of the lessees of the post.
Chevalier de Longueuil, whom I had ordered to maintain that place, was to send
Sieur Dubuisson thither, in the month of August, with a considerable
detachment, well supplied, under the command of Sieur de la Maudire [Naudire],2 who is likewise to repair, if needs be, to the
nations on the Ouabache, bad Indians who have remained faithful up to the
present time, but among whom there are not wanting evil-disposed fellows, who
have been gained over by the English.
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1 For this journal, so far as it covers events in 1747, see ante; for those of 1748, summarized in the journal, see N. Y. Colon. Docs., x, pp. 137-179.- ED.
2 (2, p. 506) See Tarieu de la Prade de la Naudire, ante, p. 223, note 1.- ED.
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