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Conspiracy of Pontiac
The Seige of Detriot
No communication was had between the commandant and Pontiac, and he and his followers departed without making a peace.
Early in the spring a reinforcement of eighty or a hundred men arrived in batteaux.
About the usual time of leaving their hunting grounds, Pontiac and a number of Indians came in. He had sent a peace belt to all the different Indian villages during the winter, and one also to Major Gladwin. Of course when he arrived in the spring he found the way open to a peace, and immediately after his arrival a council was held and peace was agreed upon.
This occurred before the arrival of General Bradstreet, who came in the latter part of the summer, or in the fall, with a large body of troops.
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