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That the English engaged in no war before they had full and satisfying evidence that it was just, nor before peace, upon just terms, had been offered and refused. That the Mohawks, not being subject to them, nor in league with them, they could not require an account of their proceedings, and had no means of information what they had to say for themselves.

F.-X. (François-Xavier) Garneau - Histoire du Canada depuis sa découverte jusqu'à nos jours. Tome I