Michilimackinac and the Anglo-Indian War of 1763
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 attack, they refused to join the Michilimackinac Ojibwe in
their effort to oust the British from the upper country; the turmoil
effectively halted the fur trade. Beyond Pontiac’s Shadow examines
the circumstances leading up to the attack and the course of events in
the aftermath that resulted in the regarrisoning of the fort and the
restoration of the fur trade. At the heart of this discussion is an
analysis of French-Canadian and Indian communities at the Straits of
Mackinac and throughout the pays d’en haut. An accessible guide to this important period in Michigan, American, and Canadian history, Beyond Pontiac’s Shadow sheds invaluable light on a political and cultural crisis.
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