THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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La Jonquiere to Rouille
(November 12, 1749)
La Jonquiere in: Archives
Nationales, Ministere
des Colonies, C11A 93:58 and in Illinois
Historical Collections, French
Series, vol. III, pp. 124-125.
The account that that officer gives me of the bad disposition of the Indian tribes toward the French is so interesting that I think it best to send you copies of his letters dated the fourth and fifth of September as well as of the speech of the English of Oswego to the Indians which was sent me by the Sieur de Sabrevois, commandant at Detroit. I would have much desired to have had this information two months ago because I could then have made the necessary arrangements to check, or in any case to repel by force, the attempts which the Indians in question may make on our posts. What reassures me is that since my arrival, in order to forestall any accidents, I have given specific orders (page 125) to all the commandants of the posts to be on their guard and in a state of defense in case of necessity.
I shall await with impatience the arrival of M. de Celoron in order to be informed of how everything ahs turned out. Early in the spring I shall take the most proper measures to put all the posts of this government in security.
I see it is very important for me to send off the same time a larger detachment than the one commanded by the Sieur de Celoron because it is essential to lay down the law to the tribes which have rebelled against us and to force them even in spite of themselves to go back to their duty. And in case the English, as I am informed, have presumed to establish forts and warehouses, I shall also see to the destruction of the forts and warehouses in question, signifying to them that they have no right to make those establishments on our territory. . . .
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