ns in this mistake: he
has vouchsafed to give an indubitable sign of his approbation of the
strait alliance this day contracted. What is the one's, is the same as
the other's. They are henceforward united, and are as one and the same
person. It is done. May they multiply without end!" At this the
assistants all start up, and with cries of joy, and congratulation, rush
to embrace the bride and bridegroom, and overwhelm them with caresses.
After which they sit very gravely down again to the entertainment before
them, and dispatch it in great silence. This is followed by dances of
all kinds, with which the feast for the day concludes, as must this
letter, in which I have certainly had less attention to the observing
the limits of one, than to the gratifying your curiosity, with respect
to these people, amongst whom my lot has so long been cast.

I am, Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,

_To understand the following piece, it is necessary to know, that after
the insidious peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, the savage nations, especially
the Mickmakis and Maricheets continued hostilities against the English,
at the underhand instigation of the French, who meant thereby to
prevent, or at least distress, as much as obstruct, our new settlements
in Nova-Scotia. For this purpose, the French missionaries had their cue
from their government to act the incendiaries, and, to inflame matters
to the highest pitch. These being, however, sensible, that the part
assigned them was a very odious one, and inconsistent with the spirit of
that religion for which they profess such zeal, one of them, by way of
palliation, and in order to throw the blame on the English themselves,
drew up the following state of the case, between our nation and the
savages, viz._

MEMORIAL

OF THE

Motives of the Savages, called _Mickmakis_
and _Maricheets_, for continuing
the War with _England_ since the last
Peace.

Dated _Isle-Royal_, 175-.

These nations have never been able to forget all that the English
settled in North-America have done since the very first of their
establishment, towards destroying them root and branch. They have
especially, at every moment, before their eyes the following
transactions:

In 1744, towards the end of October, Mr. Gorrhon, (perhaps Goreham)
deceased, commanding a detachment of the English troops, sent to observe
the retreat the French and savages were making from before Port-Royal
(Annapolis) in Acadia