. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... essed forward withenergy, and though it was more than a yearin forming, it was kept a profound secret. The Plot Revealed. j The principal post on the upper lakes wasDetroit. It ivas surrounded by a numerousFrench population engaged in agricultureand trading. It was the centre of the tradeof this region, and its possession was of thehighest importance to the English. Pontiacwas anxious to obtain possession of thisfort and sent word to Major Gladwin, thecomman
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... essed forward withenergy, and though it was more than a yearin forming, it was kept a profound secret. The Plot Revealed. j The principal post on the upper lakes wasDetroit. It ivas surrounded by a numerousFrench population engaged in agricultureand trading. It was the centre of the tradeof this region, and its possession was of thehighest importance to the English. Pontiacwas anxious to obtain possession of thisfort and sent word to Major Gladwin, thecommandant, that he was coming on a cer-tain day, with his warriors, to have a talkwith him. The chief was resolved to makethis visit the occasion of seizing the fort andmassacring the garrison, and he and hiswarriors selected for the attempt cut down;their rifles to a length which enabled them !to conceal them under their blankets, inorder to enter the fort with their arms. The plot was revealed to Gladwin by anIndian girl, whose affections had been wonby one of the English officers, and whenPontiac and his warriors repaired to the fort. 324 END OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. 32s for their talk Gladwin made him awarethat his conspiracy was discovered, and veryunwisely permitted him to leave the fort insafety. Pontiac now threw off the mask offriendship and boldly attacked Detroit. / ^Vholesale Slaughter. This was the signal for a general war. Inabout three weeks time the savages sur-prised and captured every fort west of Ni-agara, with the exception of Detroit andPittsburgh. The garrisons were, with a fewexceptions, put to death. Over one hundredtraders were killed and scalped in thewoods, and more than five hundred familieswere driven, with the loss of many of theirnumbers, from their settlements on the fron-tier. Pontiac endeavored, without success,to capture Detroit, and a large force of thewarriors of several of the tribes laid siege toPittsburgh, the most important post in theva
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