the war they had engaged themselves in, and they did not have it. The Natives had traveled many miles to be a part of the battle that they now saw never happening. The French knew that Indians were going to make sure and get booty from the British, despite any agreements the two had made together. The Indians had implied their intentions and desires to the French, and the French simply turned their backs. During the negotiations, Colonel Young told Montcalm that he was concerned with the behavior of the Indians around the camp, and he wanted to make sure that there was a complete and full understanding of the terms of surrender among the Indians. The agreement between the French and the British was translated to the many different tribes, but who knows what the Indians were really told. Some of the French translators most likely implied that the words of the agreement to peaceful British surrender were not to be taken seriously. One would be a fool to not to think that the French at some point told the Indians that they could do what they want. By admitting that, although the two are allies, the French do not have absolute power over the Indians, the French are subliminally telling the Indians to go ahead and attack the British. The French are two-faced in this war. They were allies with some of the Indians indeed, and they seemed to attempt to uphold the honorable codes of conduct in the war in a superficial way, but below the surface they were out to win the war any war they could. The French have no problem agreeing to wipe the blood clean from their hands and let the Indians take care of the English. The French simply handed the British over to the Indians to be murdered, scalped, and eaten. They threw the British into a cage of hungry lions and threw away the key. If the French really had any intention to help the defenseless British, (beyond that of making themselves look innocent) they would have. However, they did...
