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That the English were much dissatisfied with that mischievous trade the French and Dutch have had and still continue, by selling guns, powder and shot to all the Indians, which rendered them insolent, etc.

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

50 21 k'hol: 'kohl, a powder used in the Orient from ancient times, particularly to darken the eyes, thus making them seem larger and more oblong. 50 32 Que faire? 'what was he to do? 51 3 aux mains des: 'into the hands of the. 51 7 s'ouvraient tout grands: 'opened wide', cf. 42 14. 51 10

Alphonse Daudet - Tartarin de Tarascon