Thursday, 20 May 2010

Deadly Lacrosse Game in Mackinac Straits at Fort Michilimackinac in 1763

On a June day in 1763, the commandant of Fort Michilimackinac was invited to watch a game of baggatiway between the Ojibwe and Sauk. Leave it to a Brit to assume it simply would be a polite afternoon on the lawn.

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1 comment:

  1. "Leave it to a Brit...." Have you been unduly influenced by Mel Gibson?

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