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1768-1782] Cocknawaga, situated about nine miles from Montreal, on the south side of the River St. Laurence, where I lived with a chief whose name was Assenegethter, until I was sufficiently instructed in the language, and then returned to my master's store, to improve myself in French, which is not only universally spoken in Canada, but is absolutely necessary in the commercial intercourse with the natives, and without which it would be impossible to enjoy the society of the most respectable families, who are in general ignorant of the English language. ————