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Conspiracy of Pontiac
The Seige of Detriot
MR. GABRIEL ST. AUBIN'S ACCOUNT.
Mr. St. Aubin is 76 years old. He was fifteen years old at the time of the Pontiac War, and lived three miles above the old town of Detroit.
Pontiac designed the attack on Mackinac, Fort Wayne and Detroit on the same day. The time appointed for this bold stroke was the ninth of May, 1763.
The entrance was effected into the fort at Mackinac without exciting the suspicions of the commanding officer. The Indians collected around the fort to play at ball, and at a time appointed, one of them threw the ball over the pickets. The opposite party rushed into the fort to secure the ball, and all the others followed, to the great amazement of the commanding officer, who was looking on.
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