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sharp hatchet with great force ; and that if his preparation-failed of its intention , he begged they might inflict upon him the most severe death which they could possibly devise . Having thus delivered himself to his savage auditors , he laid his head upon a block , when the chief squaw took a hatchet , and applied it to his neck to so good purpose , that she chopped off his head at one blow , to the great astonishment as well as disappointment of the whole tribe , who had assera ~ gether upon this important occasion .

SOME time in the year 1758 , several French traders sailed up the river Missisippi in their barks , in order to trade with a tribe of Indians who inhabit the banks of that river , and who were then in the French interest . The French , on their arrival , found them on the eve of going to war with a neighbouring tribe , and that they would therefore be under the necessity of applying for a large quantity of

gunpowder , in order to enable them to prosecute it with vigour . The French were not mistaken in their conjecture ; the Indians made application for all the powder which they could spare , and to inform them of the manner of cultivating it . In lieu thereof , the Indians undertook to load their barks , with the choicest furs they were masters of . French finesse was immediately stretched to its utmost extremity ; they agreed to give all the powder which could be spared for

their immediate use , and likewise to instruct them in the cultivation of powder , by supplying them with a sufficient quantity of seed-powder . For this purpose they gave those deluded creatures some coarse cannon powder , with instructions for sowing it in the fields , telling them , that at the end of six weeks they would be able to reap a plentiful crop . Tiie credulity of the poor Indians made them very careful in watching their powder for weeksmonthsand even a

twelve-, , month , without reaping any advantage from their indefatigable assiduity ; they now , though too late , discovered the duplicity of the French , and therefore vowed revenge . It was not long before they had an opportunity of gratifying that passion . A large body of French traders having arrived amongst them , and even several of those who had contributed to render them such egregious duper , the

French proposed , as usual , to barter European merchandise for furs . The Indians , instead of acquiescing with their desire , made themselves masters of their barks , at the same time seizing their persons , and putting every one of them to death , by making them suffer the most exquisite tortures which their revengeful dispositions could invent . This tribe of Indians , soon after their having thus experienced French deceit and perfidy , abandoned their interest , and joined that of the English .

IN the year 1759 , the Mikmak Indians , who inhabited the province of Nova Scotia arid its nei ghbourhood , were excited by the Canadian . Government , and principally . Mons . St . Luc , the famous Indian partizan , to commit all possible barbarities upon the then recently settled colony of Chedebuctou . All the English residents whom they could . lay hands on were tormented according to savage manners . Some of

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Untitled Article 1
LONDON : Article 1
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
Untitled Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
SOME ACCOUNT OF MR. BAKEWELL, OF DISHLEY. Article 4
ON THE ERRORS OF COMMON OPINION. Article 6
THE HAPPY WORLD. A VISION. Article 10
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 13
DETACHED THOUGHTS ONBOOKS. Article 15
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 25
ANECDOTE. Article 25
THE STAGE. Article 26
REMARKS ON GENERAL INVITATIONS. Article 27
AMERICAN ANECDOTES. Article 28
TO THE EDITOR. Article 31
ON THE LOVE OF NOVELTY. Article 34
ON THE DIFFERENT MODES OF REASONING Article 36
THE CHARACTER OF WALLER, AS A MAN AND A POET. Article 39
A METHOD OF ENCREASING POTATOES, Article 41
NEW SOUTH WALES, Article 42
TO THE EDITOR. Article 44
LIFE OF THE DUKE OF GUISE. Article 47
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF FACILITY IN LITERARY COMPOSITION. Article 48
A SWEDISH ANECDOTE. Article 49
ACCOUNT OF THOMAS TOPHAM, THE STRONG MAN. Article 50
SPEECH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, ON MONOPOLIES. Article 51
DIRECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO FOOD. Article 52
TO THE EDITOR. Article 54
THE WORM AND BUTTERFLY. Article 56
Untitled Article 57
ANECDOTE. Article 57
THE SENSITIVE PLANT AND THISTLE. A FABLE. Article 58
FRENCH ARROGANCE PROPERLY REBUKED. Article 58
A CAUTION TO THE AVARICIOUS. Article 58
A WELL-TIMED REBUKE. Article 59
NAVAL ANECDOTE. Article 59
TO THE EDITOR. Article 59
POETRY. Article 60
IMPROMPTU, Article 60
THE SUNDERLAND VOLUNTEERS. Article 61
IMPROMPTU, Article 61
MONSIEUR. TONSON. A TALE. Article 62
SONNET. Article 65
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 65
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 66
HOME NEWS, Article 67
PROMOTIONS. Article 72
Untitled Article 72
Untitled Article 73
BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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sharp hatchet with great force ; and that if his preparation-failed of its intention , he begged they might inflict upon him the most severe death which they could possibly devise . Having thus delivered himself to his savage auditors , he laid his head upon a block , when the chief squaw took a hatchet , and applied it to his neck to so good purpose , that she chopped off his head at one blow , to the great astonishment as well as disappointment of the whole tribe , who had assera ~ gether upon this important occasion .

SOME time in the year 1758 , several French traders sailed up the river Missisippi in their barks , in order to trade with a tribe of Indians who inhabit the banks of that river , and who were then in the French interest . The French , on their arrival , found them on the eve of going to war with a neighbouring tribe , and that they would therefore be under the necessity of applying for a large quantity of

gunpowder , in order to enable them to prosecute it with vigour . The French were not mistaken in their conjecture ; the Indians made application for all the powder which they could spare , and to inform them of the manner of cultivating it . In lieu thereof , the Indians undertook to load their barks , with the choicest furs they were masters of . French finesse was immediately stretched to its utmost extremity ; they agreed to give all the powder which could be spared for

their immediate use , and likewise to instruct them in the cultivation of powder , by supplying them with a sufficient quantity of seed-powder . For this purpose they gave those deluded creatures some coarse cannon powder , with instructions for sowing it in the fields , telling them , that at the end of six weeks they would be able to reap a plentiful crop . Tiie credulity of the poor Indians made them very careful in watching their powder for weeksmonthsand even a

twelve-, , month , without reaping any advantage from their indefatigable assiduity ; they now , though too late , discovered the duplicity of the French , and therefore vowed revenge . It was not long before they had an opportunity of gratifying that passion . A large body of French traders having arrived amongst them , and even several of those who had contributed to render them such egregious duper , the

French proposed , as usual , to barter European merchandise for furs . The Indians , instead of acquiescing with their desire , made themselves masters of their barks , at the same time seizing their persons , and putting every one of them to death , by making them suffer the most exquisite tortures which their revengeful dispositions could invent . This tribe of Indians , soon after their having thus experienced French deceit and perfidy , abandoned their interest , and joined that of the English .

IN the year 1759 , the Mikmak Indians , who inhabited the province of Nova Scotia arid its nei ghbourhood , were excited by the Canadian . Government , and principally . Mons . St . Luc , the famous Indian partizan , to commit all possible barbarities upon the then recently settled colony of Chedebuctou . All the English residents whom they could . lay hands on were tormented according to savage manners . Some of

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