. Indian history for young folks . the awakened memories, and the long lost child was re-stored to the mothers arms. Pontiac endeavored, but in vain, to secure the assistance of the Frenchin his efforts to continue the war. In the spring of 1766 he made a treatywith Sir William Johnson at Oswego, and submitted to the English, re-nouncing forever the great scheme he had so long meditated. His deathoccurred at Cahokia, where he was murdered by an Illinois April, 1769. .. ., IMT • i i e i • i Indian, who, it is said, was bribed with a keg of whiskey byan English trader to commit, the deed. This m
. Indian history for young folks . the awakened memories, and the long lost child was re-stored to the mothers arms. Pontiac endeavored, but in vain, to secure the assistance of the Frenchin his efforts to continue the war. In the spring of 1766 he made a treatywith Sir William Johnson at Oswego, and submitted to the English, re-nouncing forever the great scheme he had so long meditated. His deathoccurred at Cahokia, where he was murdered by an Illinois April, 1769. .. ., IMT • i i e i • i Indian, who, it is said, was bribed with a keg of whiskey byan English trader to commit, the deed. This murder, which aroused the o vengeance of all the tribes friendly to Pontiac, brought about the succcs- ^5 ** sive wars and almost total annihilation of the Illinois nation. The deadchieftain was buried with the honors of Avar by his friend, St. Ange, theFrench commandant of St. Louis.* * Parkmans Conspiracy of Pontiac gives a graphic account of the events of thiswar. Consult also Bouquets Narrative. SJ I o 3O 3 QO O5S onO X aoo. / V I LJ XIII. THE INDIANS TAKE PART WITH THE MOTHER COUNTRY AGAINST HER AMERICAN COLONIES. IN the fifteen years that had elapsed since the fall of Canada, Englandhad succeeded in transferring to herself the attachment that the tribesformerly had for France. They were therefore quite ready to lift thehatchet at her bidding against her rebellious colonies, understanding noth-ing of the nature of the controversy between them, and looking upon thecontest as only a family quarrel between father and son, in which the fa-ther was undoubtedly in the right, and that, being the stronger, he wouldsurely prevail. It mattered little to the Indian whether king or congress governedthe colonies, but his aid was required by the mother country, and in spiteof the indignant protest of the great Earl Chatham in the House of Lords,the cruel and barbarous policy of employing him was adopted. Oncemore the tomahawk and scalping-knife were let loose upon the defencelessfron
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