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History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and the war of the North American Tribes Against the English Colonies after the Conquest of Canada. Francis Parkman, Jr. Boston: Charles C Little and James Brown.London: Richard Bentley. 1851 - First Edition: 630 pp including alphabetical index.Contents Include: Indian Tribes East of the Mississippi; France and England in America; the French, 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 Cutler'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--Ambush of the Devil's Hole; Desolation of the… Read More