The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by

FRANCIS PARKMAN,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washingt

UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON & SON,

CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS OF VOL II.

CHAPTER XVIII.

1763.

FRONTIER FORTS AND SETTLEMENTS.

Extent of British Settlements in 1763. - Forts and Military Routes.

Pitt.

Fort Pitt. The Pennsylvania Frontier. - Alarms at Fort

Escape of Calhoun. - Slaughter of Traders. - Fort

Ligonier. Fort Bedford. Situation of Fort Pitt. - Indian

Advice. Reply of Ecuyer. News from Presqu' Isle. - Fate

of Le Bœuf. - Fate of Venango. - Danger of Fort Pitt.-

Council with the Delawares.-Threats of the Commandant.

General Attack

CHAPTER XIX.

1763.

THE WAR ON THE BORders.

Panic among the Settlers. -Embarrassments of Amherst. Colonel

Bouquet. His Correspondence with the Commander-in-Chief.

- Proposal to infect the hostile Indians with Small-pox.-

Captain Ourry. - Lieutenant Blane. - Frontier War. — Alarm

at Carlisle. Scouting Parties. - Ambuscade on the Tusca-

rora. - The Dying Borderer. - Scenes at Carlisle

CHAPTER XX.

1763.

THE BATTLE OF BUSHY RUN.

The Army of Bouquet. - Dangers of his Enterprise. - Fort Ligo-

Bouquet at Fort Bedford. March of his

Troops. Unexpected Attack. - The Night Encampment.

The Fight resumed.

Conflict of the second Day. - Successful

Stratagem. Rout of the Indians. - Bouquet reaches Fort

PAG

The Convoy Attacked. Second Attack. - Disaster on

DESOLATION OF THE FRONTIERS.

Virginian Backwoodsmen. - Frontiers of Virginia. — Population of

Pennsylvania. Distress of the Settlers.- Attack on Green-

brier. A captive Amazon.

Sufferings of Captives.

- Attack on a School-house.

The escaped Captive. - Feeble

Measures of Defence. - John Elder. - Virginian Militia.—

Courage of the Borderers. Encounter with a War-party. —

Armstrong's Expedition. Slaughter at Wyoming. - Quaker

Prejudice. Gage assumes the Command. - Political Disputes

CHAPTER XXIII.

1763.

THE INDIANS RAISE THE SIEGE OF DETROIT.

The Besiegers ask for Peace. -A Truce granted. - Letter from

Neyon to Pontiac. - Autumn at Detroit. - Indians at their

Wintering Grounds. - Iroquois War-parties.

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Desperation of the Borderers. - Effects of Indian Hostilities.-

The Conestoga Band. - Paxton. - Matthew Smith and his

Companions.-Massacre of the Conestogas. Further Designs

of the Rioters. Remonstrance of Elder.- Massacre in Lan-

caster Jail. State of Public Opinion. - Lazarus Stewart.-

The Moravian Converts. - Their Retreat to Philadelphia.

CHAPTER XXV.

1764.

THE RIOTERS MARCH ON PHILADELPHIA.

Excitement of the Borderers.. Their Designs. Alarm of the

Quakers. The Converts sent to New York. - The Converts

forced to Return. - Quakers and Presbyterians. - Warlike

Preparation. - Excitement in the City. - False Alarm. - Pax-

ton Men at Germantown. Negotiations with the Rioters. —

Frontiersmen in Philadelphia. - Paper Warfare.

BRADSTREET'S ARMY ON THE LAKES.

Memorials on Indian Affairs.

Character of Bradstreet - De-
parture of the Army. - Concourse of Indians at Niagara.
Indian Oracle.-Temper of the Indians. -Insolence of the
Delawares and Shawanoes. - Treaty with the Senecas. -
Ottawas and Menomonies. Bradstreet leaves Niagara.
Henry's Indian Battalion. - Pretended Embassy. - Presump-
tion of Bradstreet. - Indians of Sandusky. Bradstreet at
Detroit. Council with the Chiefs of Detroit. - Terms of the
Treaty. Strange Conduct of Bradstreet. - - Michillimackinac
reoccupied. Embassy of Morris. - Bradstreet at Sandusky. —
Return of the Army. - Results of the Expedition .