Note 247 — Chapter XV · 1763. THE FIGHT OF BLOODY BRIDGE.
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Extract from a MS. Letter—Major Gladwyn to Sir J. Amherst.
“Detroit, Aug. 8th, 1763.
“On the 31st, Captain Dalyell Requested, as a particular favor, that I would give him the Command of a Party, in order to Attempt the Surprizal of Pontiac’s Camp, under cover of the Night, to which I answered that I was of opinion he was too much on his Guard to Effect it; he then said he thought I had it in my power to give him a Stroke, and that if I did not Attempt it now, he would Run off, and I should never have another Opportunity; this induced me to give in to the Scheme, contrary to my Judgement.”