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Title: Indian history for young folks
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1828-1885 Dowd, Francis Joseph, 1876-
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Wars
Publisher: New York London : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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sen warriors, each of whom wasarmed with a gun cut short so that it was hidden under his blanket, enter-ed the fort. His plan was to demand a council, and, after delivering hisspeech, to offer a peace-belt of wampum. This belt was worked on oneside with white and on the other with green beads. The reversal of thebelt from the white to the green side was to be the signal of attack. Ev-ery Englishman was to be killed, but not a Frenchman was to be touched.The plan was well laid, and might have succeeded had it not been revealedto Gladwyn. The savage throng, plumed and feathered, and besmeared with paint,had no sooner entered the fort than they saw that their plot had failed.Soldiers and employes wrere armed and ready for action. Pontiac and hiswarriors, however, moved on, betraying no sign of surprise, and entered thecouncil-room, where Gladwyn and his officers, all well armed, awaited them. * Parkman, Conspiracy of Pontiac, i. 188. INDIAN HISTORY FOR VOITN(; DETROIT RIVER AND VICINITY.
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brave, Lui chis decisive proof that his plot was Why, askedtiac, do I see so many ofmy fathers young merstanding in the street witltheir guns ? a To keep the youngmen from idleness, wasthe reply of the sagaciousE n gl ish com man d e r. The business of thecouncil then began. Pon-tiacs speech was bold andmenacing, and his gesticu-lation vehement. As thecritical moment approach-ed, and just as lie was onthe point of presentingthe belt, and all wa>treathless expectation,Gladwyn gave a signal.The drums at the dourof the council suddenlyrolled the charge, theclash of arms was heard,and the officers drew theirswords. Pontiac wasdiscovered completely dis- POXTIACS WAR. 2G9 concerted him. He delivered the belt in the usual manner, and thecouncil then broke up. The gates were again opened, and the battledsavages withdrew. Failing to capture the fort by stratagem, Pontiac next tried an openattack. A large war party of Ojibwas had joined him from Saginaw. Ot-tawas, Ojibwas, Potawatomies, and

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