Beyond Pontiac's shadow : Michilimackinac and the Anglo-Indian War of 1763 /

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Author / Creator:	Widder, Keith R.
Imprint:	East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xxviii, 331 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
Subject:	Ojibwa Indians -- Wars -- Michigan -- Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City) Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765. British colonies. Ojibwa Indians -- Wars. Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.) -- History -- 18th century. Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century. America. Michigan -- Mackinaw City -- Fort Michilimackinac. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12587683

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ISBN:	9781609173821 1609173821 1611860903 9781611860900
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and 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.
Other form:	Print version: Widder, Keith R. Beyond Pontiac's shadow. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2013

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