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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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express messenger from the Miamis hurried across the mountains, bearing to the shrewd and able Dinwiddie, the lieutenant- chap. IV.} 1752. governor of Virginia, a belt of wampum, the scalp of a French Indian, and a feathered pipe, with letters from the dwellers on the Maumee and on the Wabash. Our good brothers of Virginia, said the former, we must look upon ourselves as lost, if our brothers, the English, do not stand by us and give us arms. Message of the Twightwees to Dinwiddie, 21 June, 1752. Eldest brother, pleaded the Picts and Windaws, this string of wampum assures you, that the French king's servants have spilled our blood, and eaten the flesh of three of our men. Look upon us, and pity us, for we are in great distress, Our chiefs have taken up the hatchet of war. We have killed and eaten ten of the French and two of their negroes. We are your brothers; and do not think this is from our mouth only; it is from our very hearts. Message of the Picts and Windaws to Dinwi