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The Pontiac Manuscript
The fatal day for the English, and perhaps for the French, having come, which was the 7th of May, and the 26th of the moon, according to the Indian reckoning, Pontiac, who believed his designs quite secret, ordered in the morning all his people to have the war song chanted in his village, to paint [and put] feather bonnets on their heads, which is the customary dress amongst the Indians who go to war, and that all should be armed with whatever was necessary for the attack, and in this equipment he came about 10 o'clock A. m., and demanded to speak in council, which was granted him. All his people, to the number of sixty, who were designed for the council, entered the house occupied by Mr. Campbell, second commander, where Mr. Gladwyn, the chief commander, was with a party of officers, who all were acquainted with the rash design of Pontiac, and had arms in their pockets.
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