History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 109 (part 3)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] was held at Albany, Aug. 10, 1711, of 1 Colonial History, v, 267, etc. which the record says : "Some of ye sa-a Bancroft, in, 221, etc. 190 THE INDIAN TRIBES * From the far west the response was even more enthusiastic. Tribe after tribe, even the Osages and Missouri*, sprang to the relief of the French. " Father," said they to Vaudreuil, " be hold thy children compass thee round. We will, if need be, gladly die for our father — only take care of our wives and our children, and spread a little grass over our dead bodies to pro tect them against the flies." Circumstances prevented actual collision. The fleet sailed from Boston, after many delays, only to be invested by heavy fogs, and to meet with the wreck of eight of the vessels of