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Conspiracy of Pontiac
The Seige of Detriot
Soon after the battle Pontiac told his men that they could not expect to compel the garrison to surrender, so long as that vessel was at hand to bring them reinforcements. And the Indians set themselves at work to destroy her. They pulled down the barns of the inhabitants, and made rafts of the logs, and then attempted several times to set the vessel on fire, but without success. At length the commandant determined to send her to Niagara, as the only means of saving her. She set sail, and the Indians, supposing she was going for more troops, followed her in canoes. They fired upon the vessel, and attempted to board her, and when the schooner reached Turkey Island, near Maiden, only three of the crew were left.
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