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Title: Today in History | Pontiac's Rebellion: Ojibwas Capture Fort Michilimackinac (1763)
Post by: TFD on Jun 02, 2011, 09:02 AM
In 1763, immediately after the French and Indian Wars, several Native American tribes allied against the British in an uprising that became known as Pontiac's Rebellion, after the Ottawa leader Pontiac. They captured and destroyed many British outposts. On the day of the surprise attack on Fort Michilimackinac, the Ojibwas, or Chippewas, approached the fort without arousing suspicion among the watching British soldiers by staging a game of baaga'adowe—the precursor of what modern sport? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst16459_Pontiac-s-Rebellion--Ojibwas-Capture-Fort-Michilimackinac--1763-.aspx)



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