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Conspiracy of Pontiac
The Seige of Detriot
On the 9th of May, 1763, in the forenoon, Pontiac, with his Indians, went to the fort, under pretence of holding a council with the English commandant. On that day Mrs. Meloche saw a great many Indians cross the Detroit River in canoes.
Major Campbell, the commandant, having had notice of. the design of Pontiac, ordered a number of pieces of artillery to be loaded and placed before the gate, which was left open. When the Indians arrived, and were about to enter, they saw these preparations, and suspecting that their plans had been betrayed, they refused to go in—nor did any of them enter the fort on that day.
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