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In late May, 1763, Ojibway men discuss plans to surprise
the British garrison of Fort Michilimackinac where the Great Lakes
of Michigan and Huron meet. The plan: seize the fort and garrison
in a bold rush through the open gates during a game of bag’gat’tway
(lacrosse), a common sight outside the walls of this former French
post. Within months, a loose alliance of American Indians stretching
from Canada to the Mississippi Valley will drive British soldiers
and traders from all but a handful of posts lying west of the Allegheny
Mountains in a conflict known as Pontiac’s War.
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