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Conspiracy of Pontiac
The Seige of Detriot
At the time appointed for the council, Pontiac and a select number of his followers divided into small parties, with their guns sawed off to the length of two feet, and, together with their hatchets and knives, concealed under their blankets, proceeded to the fort. They were followed at a distance by scattering parties of Indians, who intended to reach the fort, one by one, in
time to aid their leader and share the spoils. Pontiac afterwards stated that his orders were issued that the number of Indians should exactly correspond with the number of soldiers, that each Indian might have but one opponent.
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