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able to prevent the consummation of their designs by giving timely intelligence of them, he made an attempted to proceed to his canoe to embark, when he was stopped and again put in fear of his life. His remonstrances were now repeated, and having he added, that had he been aware of the […] ambuscade intentions of with which this ambuscade had been placed, he might would have brought with him come prepared with a force of 250 men at least, prepared to compel them to respect the persons and property of his partners and himself. An exclamation then arose of, "he threatens us", and Williams immediately ordered John Clarke, and one Brown to take him into custody, which they did, each of them giving him a blow at the time for they could do nothing without blows; whilst neither then, nor at any other time was any warrant produced, or any authority, cause or pretext assigned, for such arrest. But it is tiresome and sickening to dwell upon these repeated instances of lawless tyranny and brutal violence; the offended laws of the country will one day visit the perpetrators, and inflict legal punishment, however inadequate it may be to the real enormity of the offence, the and the disastrous and fatal consequences which ensued.

These three gentlemen, with the Iroquois Ogoniarto, and Edward Cain, M^r Mactavish's servant, who had also been arrested without any alleged pretext whatsoever,

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