Orsbourn. Then I’m content; my Scruples are removed.
And what I’ve done, my Conscience justifies.
But we must have these Guns and Hatchets alter’d,
Or they’ll detect th’ Affair, and hang us both.
Honnyman. That’s quickly done—Let us with Speed return,
And think no more of being hang’d or haunted;
But turn our Fur to Gold, our Gold to Wine,
Thus gaily spend what we’ve so slily won,
And Bless the first Inventor of a Gun.
[Exeunt.
The remaining scenes of this act exhibit the rudeness and insolence of British officers and soldiers in their dealings with the Indians, and the corruption of British government agents. Pontiac himself is introduced and represented as indignantly complaining of the reception which he and his warriors meet with. These scenes are overcharged with blasphemy and ribaldry, and it is needless to preserve them here. The rest of the play is written in better taste, and contains several vigorous passages.
Appendix C.
DETROIT AND MICHILLIMACKINAC.
1. The Siege of Detroit. (Chap. IX.-XV.)
The authorities consulted respecting the siege of Detroit consist of numerous manuscript letters of officers in the fort, including the official correspondence of the commanding officer; of several journals and fragments of journals; of extracts from contemporary newspapers; and of traditions and recollections received from Indians or aged Canadians of Detroit.
The Pontiac Manuscript.