their muskets at the chief, while the officers drew their swords and pistols. The chief and his body guard retreated, the gates were closed and the siege, which continued for more than a year, commenced. By similar acts of treachery, or by sudden and unexpected assaults, every post west of Oswego, excepting Niagara, Fort Pitt and Detroit, fell into the hands of the dusky foe within a fortnight afterward. At Michillimackinack, Indians came to the fort at the close of May, as if to trade. Every day they engaged in the exciting pastime of ballplaying on the plain near the fort. On the 2d of June, their squaws came with them, entered the fort, carrying hatchets and knives concealed under their blankets. The commander of the fort and the lieutenant were standing outside watching the game, when the ball was thrown to the gate. Some Indians rushed after it, and coming behind the officers carried them off to the woods. Others rushed in and slew most of the garrison. After a year of war on the frontier, the beleaguered forts were relieved and the enemy sued for peace. The haughty Pontiac refusing to yield, went to the Illinois country where no Englishman had been and where the French flag yet waved. Among the tribes there, he exerted his eloquence to induce them to make war on the English. He sent an ambassador to New Orleans to ask the French to aid him; but he failed. For some years, Pontiac, who was a Catawba adopted by the Ottawas, continued to be a disturbing element. An English trader employed a vagabond Indian to kill him. For a barrel of rum, that savage stole softly behind Pontiac, while he stood in the forest leaning on his gun in a reflecting mood, and buried his hatchet in his brain. The colonies were now comparatively at peace. Noah Stevens and his cousin Jean Baptiste returned to New York, where Jean Baptiste Stevens married Adrianne Blanc and settled in the State, while Noah made his home in the city. Their fathers, Elmer and George Stevens, passed their days in Virginia, each living to a ripe old age and witnessing the beginning of that Revolution out of which grew the great American Republic. THE END. HISTORICAL INDEX. Abercrombie, Lieut. -Gen. James, in command...... Abercrombie despises advice of Starke and Putnam.. Acadia called Nova Scotia.. Acadians' troubles..... Acadians' appeal to Halifax Council rejected... Acadians ordered to assemble on September 5th, 1755. PAGE 331 332 405 422 52 52 208 209 211 Amiable, the, La Salle's ship run ashore.. 166 Anastase, who was with La Salle when slain.. 178 Anne, Queen, and allies declare war against France.. 4 Anne, the, ship bearing Oglethorpe's colony.... 135 138 Archdale in Carolinia... 94 Asborne, Gov., of New York, commits suicide. 200 PAGE Attack on St. Augustine... 105 Attack on Indians.... 110 Augusta, Georgia, founded by Oglethorpe, 1738. 185 the Acadians...... Belcher, chief justice of Nova Scotia, decides against "Black Rifle" rejected by Braddock.. 209 293 Braddock recommends assessing the colonies.. 283 284 285 293 297 299 302 Captain Jack the "Black Rifle " rejected by Braddock. PAGE Cary and leading insurrectionists sent to England.... 100 192 Cherokee war in 1760.... 454 Cherokees defeated and crops destroyed.. 455 Church of England, attempt to establish it in Ameri- can colonies.... 96 Clamcoets, cruelty and perfidy of.. 170 Clinton, Gov., of New York, quarrels with the colo- Custis, Mrs. Martha, widow of John Park Custis..... 451 Davidson, John, interpreter.... Dagworthy, Captain, refuses to obey Washington.. Daniel, Father Anthony, death of. Delaware chief's reply to Gist. Deputies not permitted to take the oath. 359 376 153 253 248 210 Deerfield, when attacked by French and Indians.... De Levi assists Montcalm in stopping the massacre at England legislating against American manufactures. 194 282 England declares war against France, May 17th, 1756 328 |
