Identifier: ohioarchological00ohio (find matches)
Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
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jibwas and the Pottawattamies had formeda sort of alliance of which Pontiac was the virtual head. He wasof a despotic and commanding temperament, and he wielded prac-tical authority among all the tribes of the Illinois country, andwas known to all the Indian nations of America. Pontiac, con-scious of his power and position, haughtily asked Major Rogers,What his business was in that country, and how he dared enterit without Pontiacs permission. Rogers informed the chief that * Parkman says he was about fifty years old when he met MajorRogers, which was in 1760. f Chief Richardville also asserted that Pontiac was born of an Ot-tawa father and a Miami mother. The probability of this traditionis followed by Knapp in his History of the Maumee Valley andaccepted by Dr. C. E. Slocum of Defiance, a very careful and reliableauthority. Dodge in Redmen of the Ohio Valley says some claimedPontiac was a Catawba prisoner, adopted into the Ottawa tribe. 416 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications.
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Pontiacs Conspiracy. 417 the war was over, the French defeated, the country surrenderedto the British, and he was on his way to receive the posts fromthe French occupiers. Pontiac was wily and diplomatic. He re-ceived the news stolidly, reserved his answer till next morning,when his reply was that as he desired to live in peace with theBritish, he would let them remain in his country as long as theytreated him with due respect and deference. Both partiessmoked the calumet and protested friendship. Rogers proceededon his errand. On November 29, 1760, the French garrison atDetroit transferred that historic and most important westernstation to British possession.* The stormy season prevented Rogers from advancing farther.Michillimackinac and the three remoter posts of St. Marie, LaBaye (Green Bay) and St. Joseph remained in the hands of theFrench until the next year. The interior posts of the Illinoiscountry were also retained by the French, but the British con-quest of America was compl

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