Beyond Pontiac's shadow : Michilimackinac and the Anglo-Indian War of 1763 / Keith R. Widder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Widder, Keith R.

Contributor:

Mackinac State Historic Parks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa Indians--Wars--Michigan--Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City).

Ojibwa Indians.

Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765.

Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.)--History--18th century.

Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.).

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On June 2, 1763, the Ojibwe captured Michigan's Fort Michilimackinac from the British. Ojibwe warriors from villages on Mackinac Island and along the Cheboygan River had surprised the unsuspecting garrison while playing a game of baggatiway. On the heels of the capture, Odawa from nearby L'Arbre Croche arrived to rescue British prisoners, setting into motion a complicated series of negotiations among Ojibwe, Odawa, and Menominee and other Indians from Wisconsin. Because nearly all Native people in the Michilimackinac borderland had allied themselves with the British before the attac

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by Phil Porter; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Michilimackinac, 1760: At the Heart of North America; Chapter Two. Michilimackinac, 1761: A French-Canadian, Odawa, and Ojibwe Community; Chapter Three. Detroit, 1760-1761: The British Enter the Pays d'en Haut; Chapter Four. Michilimackinac, 1761: British Troops Take Possession of the Fort and the Posts at La Baye and St. Joseph; Chapter Five. Prelude to War, 1762-1763: Amherst's Policies, Native Unrest, and the Diplomacy of Thomas Hutchins and James Gorrell; Chapter Six. Michilimackinac on the Brink, Spring 1763

Chapter Seven. Michilimackinac, Summer 1763: Attack, Exile, Diplomacy, Loss, Repatriation Chapter Eight. Crown Officials Respond to Calamity, Late 1763 and Early 1764; Chapter Nine. Prelude to British Reoccupation of Fort Michilimackinac, 1764; Chapter Ten. The British Return to Michilimackinac, 1764-1765; Epilogue; Appendix One. Michilimackinac Families; Appendix Two. Dietrich Brehm's Reports for 1760 and 1761; Appendix Three. Deeds, December 21, 1760; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60917-382-1

OCLC:

846986827