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1 online resource (xxviii, 331 pages) |
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polychrome |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Foreword by Phil Porter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One. Michilimackinac, 1760: At the Heart of North America""; ""Chapter Two. Michilimackinac, 1761: A French-Canadian, Odawa, and Ojibwe Community""; ""Chapter Three. Detroit, 1760�1761: The British Enter the Pays d�en Haut""; ""Chapter Four. Michilimackinac, 1761: British Troops Take Possession of the Fort and the Posts at La Baye and St. Joseph""; ""Chapter Five. Prelude to War, 1762�1763: Amherst�s Policies, Native Unrest, and the Diplomacy of Thomas Hutchins and James Gorrell"" |
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""Chapter Six. Michilimackinac on the Brink, Spring 1763""""Chapter Seven. Michilimackinac, Summer 1763: Attack, Exile, Diplomacy, Loss, Repatriation""; ""Chapter Eight. Crown Officials Respond to Calamity, Late 1763 and Early 1764""; ""Chapter Nine. Prelude to British Reoccupation of Fort Michilimackinac, 1764""; ""Chapter Ten. The British Return to Michilimackinac, 1764�1765""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix One. Michilimackinac Families""; ""Appendix Two. Dietrich Brehm�s Reports for 1760 and 1761""; ""Appendix Three. Deeds, December 21, 1760""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Summary |
On June 2, 1763, the Ojibwe captured Michigan's Fort Michilimackinac from the British. Ojibwe warriors from villages on Mackinac Island and along the Cheboygan River had surprised the unsuspecting garrison while playing a game of baggatiway. On the heels of the capture, Odawa from nearby L'Arbre Croche arrived to rescue British prisoners, setting into motion a complicated series of negotiations among Ojibwe, Odawa, and Menominee and other Indians from Wisconsin. Because nearly all Native people in the Michilimackinac borderland had allied themselves with the British before the attac. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ojibwa Indians -- Wars -- Michigan -- Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City)
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Ojibwa Indians -- Wars. |
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Michigan. |
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Ojibwa Indians. |
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Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765.
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Pontiac's Conspiracy (1763-1765) |
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Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.) -- History -- 18th century.
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
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America. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1700-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Widder, Keith R. Beyond Pontiac's shadow. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2013 (DLC) 2012033470 |
| ISBN |
9781609173821 (electronic book) |
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1609173821 (electronic book) |
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1611860903 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781611860900 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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