savages of Cape Breton,
Natkikouesch, Picktook, and of the island of St. John, having been
invited by several letters, on the part of the commodore of the
_English_ squadron, and of the general of the land-forces, to a parley,
those gentlemen desired with him, concerning the savages, repaired to
Louisbourg, at that time in possession of the English, on the assurances
they had given him in writing, and on the formal promises they had bound
with an oath, of full liberty to return from whence he came, after
having satisfied them in all they wanted of him. They detained him at
Louisbourg, where they gave him a great deal of ill usage, and obliged
him to embark, all sick as he was, and destitute of necessaries, on
board of one of the ships of the squadron, in which he was conveyed to
England, from whence he at length got to France. [Most probably he had
not given the satisfaction required by those gentlemen, which had been
confessedly by himself made the condition of his return.]

The same year, 1745, several bodies of the savages, deceased, and buried
at _Port Tholouze_, were dug up again by the Bostoners, and thrown into
the fire. The burying-place of the savages was demolished, and all the
crosses, planted on the graves, broke into a thousand pieces.

In 1746, some stuffs that the savages had bought of the English, who
then traded in the bay of Megagouetch at _Beau-bassin_, there being at
that time a great scarcity of goods over all the country, were found to
be _poisoned_, [Is it possible a missionary of the truths of the Gospel
could gravely commit to paper such an infernal lie? If even the savages
had been stupid enough of themselves to imbibe such a notion, was it not
the duty of a Christian to have shewn them the folly of it, or even but
in justice to the Europeans? But what must be their guilt, if they
suggested it? Surely, scarce less than that of the action itself.] so
that more than two hundred savages of both sexes perished thereby.

In 1749, towards the end of the month of May, at a time that the
suspension of arms between the two crowns was not yet known in New
France, the savages, having made prisoners two Englishmen of
Newfoundland, had from these same prisoners the first news of the
cessation of hostilities. They believed them on their bare words,
expressed their satisfaction to them, treated them like brothers,
unbound them, and carried them to their huts. The said prisoners rose in
the night, and massac