He holds that the Indians have received no rewards for their services." "We have given them blankets and food and muskets and ammunition." "He takes those as a matter of course.

But he means something else.
To tell you the truth, sir, the savages want us to give prisoners to them." Montcalm's face clouded again.
"To burn at the stake, or to torture to death otherwise!" he exclaimed.

"My reputation and what is more, the reputation of France, suffers already from the massacre at William Henry, though God knows I would have prevented it if I could.

It happened so suddenly and so unexpectedly that I could not stop it, until the harm was done.

But never, St.Luc, never will I give up a prisoner to them for their tortures, though every savage in our armies desert us!" "I hold with you, sir, that we cannot surrender prisoners to them, even though the cause of France should suffer." "Then talk to this savage chief.