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Georges land

We marchd away & were absent above 2 hours a little while before we came back we heard several musquet shots our old man immediately calld us together & by waving his hand sent away every Indian who followd us except 3 every one of whoom took in their hands a green bough on this we suspected that some mischeif had happned at the tent & hastend home with all expedition on our return we found that an Indian had snatchd a sentrys musquet from him unawares & run off the midshipman (may be) imprudently orderd the marines to fire they did fire into the thickest of the flying croud some hundreds in number several shot & pursueing the man * who stole the musquet killd him dead but whether any others were killd or hurt no one could tell no Indian was now to be seen about the tent but our old man who with us took all pains to reconcile them again before night by his means we got together a few of them & explaining to them that the man who sufferd was guilty of a crime deserving of death (for so we were forcd to make it) we retird to the ship not well pleasd with the days expedition guilty no doubt in some measure

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