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Conspiracy of Pontiac
The Seige of Detriot
Note. —The following statements of Mrs. Meloche, Charles Gouin, Gabriel St. Aubin, Jacques Parent and Mr. Pettier, who were eye-witnesses of the siege of Fort Detroit in 1763, were made in 1824 to Charles C. Trowbridge, sub-agent of Indian affairs at Detroit, an interpreter, and written by him at the time. They were lent to Mr. Parkman when he wrote his graphic " History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, " and are extensively quoted with approbation by that gifted author. The original manuscripts were written with a lead pencil and to prevent the consequence of defacement or of loss, Mr. Trowbridge, in 1864, made copies of them and presented the game, with the originals, to the Detroit Historical Society. The following is a copy of his letter to that society accompanying the manuscripts:
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