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• Among their annoyances, an idiot brother of John Ridge, _ a fellow who is supposedly to be more knave than fool, -- took occasion to be very insulting to Mr Ross: but some apology was made for it afterwards, on the score of his infirmity ; though many fancied he had been set on, with a view to goad the Principal Chief to some act of resentiment & violence.