Research Catalog

Title

History of the conspiracy of Pontiac : and the war of the North American tribes against the English colonies after the conquest of Canada / by Francis Parkman.

Author

Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893.

Publication

Boston : C. C. Little and J. B. Brown ; London : R. Bentley, 1851.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, George Girdler, 1795-1878
• Charles C. Little and James Brown (Firm) publisher.
• Richard Bentley (Firm), publisher.
• Boston Stereotype Foundry stereotyper.

Description

xxiv, 630 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Subject

• 1750-1815
• Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765
• United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indexed In (note)

• Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature
• Howes, W. U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition)
• Howes, W.U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition)

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Introductory; Indian tribes east of the Mississippi -- France and England in America -- The French, the English, and the Indians -- Collision of the rival colonies -- The wilderness and its tenants at the close of the French War -- The English take possession of the western posts -- Anger of the Indians; The conspiracy -- Indian preparation -- The Council at the River Ecorces -- Detroit -- Treachery of Pontiac -- Pontiac at the Siege of Detroit -- Rout of Cuyler's Detachment; Fate of the forest garrison -- The Indians continue to blockade Detroit -- The fight at Bloody Bridge -- Michillimackinac -- The massacre -- Frontier forts and settlements -- The war on the borders -- The Battle of Bushy Run -- The Iroquois; Ambuscade of the Devil's Hole -- Desolation of the frontiers -- The Indians raise the Siege of Detroit -- The Paxton men -- The rioters march on Philadelphia -- Bradstreet's army on the Lakes -- Bouquet forces the Delawares and Shawanoes to sue for peace -- The Illinois -- Pontiac rallies the western tribes -- Ruin of the Indian cause -- Death of Pontiac -- Appendix A: The Iroquois; Extent of their conquests; Policy pursued toward them by the French and the English; Measures of Sir William Johnson -- Appendix B: Cases of the Indian War -- Appendix C: Detroit and Michillimackinac -- Appendix D: The war on the borders -- Appendix E: The Paxton riots -- Appendix F: The campaign of 1764.

OCLC

• 7229292
• SCSB-11488737

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library