It is ver' great trouble.
You see dere is a fight 'gainst de King of Englan', and dat is too bad.
It is not his fault; he is ver' nice man; it is de bad men who make de laws for de King in Quebec.

Well, one day all over de country everybody take him gun, and de leetla bullets, and say, I will fight de soldier of de King of Englan'-- like dat.

Ver' well, dere was twenty men in Pontiac, ver' nice men--you will find de names cut in a stone on de church; and den, three times as big, you will find Mathurin's name.

Ah, dat is de ting! You see, dat rebellion you English call it, we call it de War of de Patriot--de first War of de Patriot, not de second-well, call it what you like, quelle difference?
The King of Englan' smash him Patriot War all to pieces.

Den dere is ten men of de twenty come back to Pontiac ver' sorry.