PONTIAC, Ottawa Chief

fl. 1760–66, Ottawa chief. He may have been the chief met by Robert Rogers in 1760 when Rogers was on his way to take possession of the Western forts for the English. Although the Native American uprising against the English colonists just after the French and Indian Wars is known as Pontiac's Rebellion or Pontiac's Conspiracy, Pontiac's role is uncertain. He definitely was present at the siege of Detroit, and encouraged other tribes to fight the British, but most of the actual fighting and strategy was probably planned independently by other Native American leaders. After the rebellion had failed and a treaty had been concluded (1766), Pontiac is supposed to have gone west and to have been murdered by Illinois at Cahokia. This story is, however, accepted by few authorities.

See bibliography under Pontiac's Rebellion.

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books on: Pontiac Ottawa Chief  - 461 results

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Haughty Conquerors: Amherst and the Great Indian Uprising of 1763
Book by William R. Nester; Praeger, 2000
Subjects: Amherst, Jeffery Amherst--Baron--1717-1797, Great Britain--Colonies--America, Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765, Pontiac--Ottawa Chief--D. 1769
...Conspiracy, 1763 1765. 2. Pontiac, Ottawa Chief, d. 1769. 3. Amherst, Jeffrey...expeditions. How important was Ottawa Chief Pontiac to the Indian war of liberation...come from lines spoken by the Ottawa Indian Chief Pontiac in the stunning play Ponteach...
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Haughty Conquerors: Amherst and the Great Indian Uprising of 1763
Book by William R. Nester; Praeger Publishers, 2000
Subjects: Amherst, Jeffery Amherst--Baron--1717-1797, Great Britain--Colonies--America, Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765, Pontiac--Ottawa Chief--d. 1769
...Conspiracy, 1763-1765. 2. Pontiac, Ottawa Chief, d. 1769. 3. Amherst...expeditions. How important was Ottawa Chief Pontiac to the Indian war of liberation...from lines spoken by the Ottawa Indian Chief Pontiac in the stunning play Ponteach...
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The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada - Vol. 2
Book by Francis Parkman; University of Nebraska Press, 1994
Subjects: Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765
...Proclamation. -- The War-chief. His Fasts and...Pontiac musters his Warriors...False Alarm. -- Pontiac throws off the...Warriors. -- The Ottawas cross the River...Council at the Ottawa Camp -- Disappointment of Pontiac. -- He is joined...
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The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada - Vol. 1
Book by Francis Parkman; University of Nebraska Press, 1994
Subjects: Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765
...His Correspondence with the Commander-in-Chief. -- Proposal to infect the hostile Indians...Truce granted. -- Letter from Neyon to Pontiac. -- Autumn at Detroit. -- Indians at their...Shawanoes. -- Treaty with the Senecas. -- Ottawas and Menomonies. -- Bradstreet leaves Niagara...
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Johnson of the Mohawks: A Biography of Sir William Johnson, Irish Immigrant, Mohawk War Chief, American Soldier, Empire Builder
Book by Arthur Pound, Richard E. Day; Macmillan, 1930
Subjects: Johnson, William--Sir--1715-1774
...held Mid-America in hand, as Pontiac discovered in the grim year...to tie up to some Big White Chief whom they could trust. By preference...business" or, more freely, "Chief Big Business." CHAPTER III...Strongbow in 1172. Like his chief, who was more Norman than English...
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Pontiac: Local Warrior or Pan-Indian Leader?
Journal article by Richard Middleton; Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 32, 2006
Subjects: British colonialism--Social aspects, Indigenous people's land claims, Leadership--Social aspects, Menominees--Crimes against, Menominees--Political activity, Native Americans--Crimes against, Native Americans--Political activity, Native people's land claims
...their demotion of Pontiac: "The Ottawa chief may not have commanded...no mention of Pontiac and clearly intended...followers of the Ottawa chief. Because the rest...accommodation with Pontiac was his realization that the Ottawa chief might hold the...
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The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of America
Journal article by Alan Cate; Parameters, Vol. 37, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of America (Book)--Book reviews
...resentment of British policies far less lenient than those implemented by the French touched off an uprising led by the Ottawa chief Pontiac throughout the summer of 1763. John Shy, an eminent scholar of the Revolution, has observed, "Americans were never...
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The "Civilizing" of Indigenous People in Nineteenth-Century Canada
Journal article by Mark Francis; Journal of World History, Vol. 9, 1998
Subjects: World History
...Half-Breeds" (Ottawa: Minister of...him that the chief thing when dealing...figure, such as a Pontiac or Tecumseh...succession as the chief Indian official in Ottawa, with the title...article by the chief of Indian affairs in Ottawa, Duncan Campbell...
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A War Council for the Drawing Room: Arent Schuyler De Peyster's "Speech to the Western Indians"
Journal article by Martin W. Walsh; Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 28, 2002
Subjects: Literature, Military history, Military personnel--Works, Pacific Northwest--History, Peyster, Arent Schuyler de--Works, Poetry--Social aspects
...the Ojibwa war chief who masterminded...Michilimackinac during Pontiacs Uprising by using...the LArbre Croche Ottawa would have "heard...Ibid., 32. (32) Pontiac and his violent...reflects a bizarre Ottawa tradition that the great chief was "killed at...
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After the Conquest: Michilimackinac, a Borderland in Transition, 1760-1763
Journal article by Keith R. Widder; Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 34, 2008
Subjects: Boundaries (Geography)--Social aspects, Boundaries--Social aspects, British history, 1714-1815, British-Native American relations--Military aspects, Canadian history, 1763-1791, Fort Michilimackinac, Michigan--History
...future, but rather Aking, the wise Sac chief who counseled his warriors to accept the...Michilimackinac 1763: The British Garrison during Pontiacs Uprising at Michilimackinac and Capt...Newbigging, "The History of the French-Ottawa Alliance, 1613-1763" (PhD diss., University...
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Getting in Gear
Magazine article by Lloyd Gite; Black Enterprise, Vol. 30, June 2000
Subjects: African American business enterprises--Management, Automobile dealers--Management, Automobile industry--Officials and employees, Automobiles--Marketing
...owner of Landmark Ford in Ottawa, Illinois. The other...dollar state-of-the-art Pontiac/GMC dealership. This...year," explains NADA Chief Economist Paul Taylor...PONTIAC-BUICK-GMC INC...CHIEF EXECUTIVE STARTED...
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Francis Parkman: Glimpses of a New World
Magazine article by Fred Stern; World and I, Vol. 23, May 2008
Subjects: Authors--Works, Historians--Works, North America--History, Parkman, Francis--Works, Writers--Works
...of Pontiac, related first. Pontiac, an Indian chief of the Ottawa tribe contrived with the French...the Alleghenies in June 1763. Pontiacs attempt was aided by a consortium...alerted the British command. Had Pontiac succeeded it would have considerably...
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Months Past
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 51, July 2001
Subjects: Cities and towns--History, Detroit, Michigan--History, England--Kings and rulers, Kings and rulers--Biography, Laumet, Antoine--Biography, Petain, Philippe--Biography, Robert, Duke of Normandy--Biography, Soldiers--Biography
...meanwhile was surrendered to the British in 1760 during the Seven Years War and then unsuccessfully besieged by the Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac, who had forged an unprecedented alliance of practically every Indian people from Lake Superior to the lower...
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America's Most Powerful Black Executives: B.E. Selects 40 All-Stars from the Nation' Corporate Elite
Magazine article by Shelly Branch; Black Enterprise, Vol. 23, February 1993
Subjects: African American executives--Management
...that usually fall under the president and chief operating officer (Xerox has neither...perspective of the business," he says. The Pontiac, Mich.-based Roberts came to his new post...president, he still faces some uphill battles. Chief among them is The Oprah Winfrey Show...
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2004 ACA Election-Candidates
Magazine article; Corrections Today, Vol. 66, April 2004
Subjects: American Correctional Association--Management, Correctional institutions--Management
...five years as the superintendent of the Ottawa County Juvenile Detention Center in Michigan...year as a training officer, two years as chief of security, four years as deputy warden...OMITTED amp;#93; Donald Hughes Jr. Chief Deputy Juvenile Officer, 14th Judicial...
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Explore the Top Five Weird and Wild Nearby Hiking Destinations
Newspaper article by Rebecca Fyffe; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 26, 2006
Subjects: Hiking
...and Illiniwek tribes. To avenge the 1760 death of Ottawa chief Pontiac, the Ottawas allies in the Potawatomi chased the Illiniwek up...State Park P.O. Box 2034, 1300 North 27th Road, Ottawa, (815) 433-2220 Buffalo Rock is home to Native...
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Car Names Can Afford to Be Clever
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 11, 2005
Subjects: Toyota Prius (Automobile)
...the makers named their cars for famous folks. The Lincoln was named for, yes, Abraham Lincoln, and the Pontiac for the chief of the Ottawa Indians. Cadillac is somewhat more obscure: The name comes from the 17th-century founder of the city of...
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Hungry for Nature? Check out Starved Rock
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 16, 2007
Subjects: Wine industry, Wineries
...tribal warfare of the 1750s. The Illinois tribe slew Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa band and retreated to a strategic 125-foot-high bluff...tactic misfired. Instead of mounting a direct attack, Ottawa warriors surrounded the rock and patiently waited...
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Roundup
Newspaper article by Steve Repsher; The Washington Times, July 24, 1999
...yesterday secure in the knowledge that crew chief Larry McReynolds will be with him for...Raceway in Colorado Springs. Blaney drove a Pontiac around the 1-mile Pikes Peak International...Leafs and recently assistant with the Ottawa Senators, was named as the NHLs vice president...


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encyclopedia articles on: Pontiac Ottawa Chief  - 8 results

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Pontiac , Ottawa Chief
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PONTIAC , Ottawa chief fl. 1760 66, Ottawa chief. He may have been the chief met by Robert Rogers in 1760...colonists just after the French and Indian Wars is known as Pontiacs Rebellion or Pontiacs Conspiracy, Pontiacs role is uncertain...
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Pontiac , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and nonferrous metals, wood products, and electrical equipment are also manufactured. The city was named for the Ottawa chief Pontiac , who is said to be buried nearby. The Silverdome sports and entertainment complex is there. Numerous state parks...
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Hazel Park
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hazel Park has varied light manufacturing industries and a racetrack. Most of the early settlers were German. Ottawa chief Pontiac made his headquarters in Hazel Park. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Richardson, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...famous works are two frontier romances, Wacousta (1832) and The Canadian Brothers (1840), both about the Ottawa chief Pontiac . His own experiences furnished material for Personal Memoirs (1838), The War of 1812 (1842), and other vivid...
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Illinois , Indigenous People of North America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...2,000. In 1769 the assassination of the celebrated Ottawa chief Pontiac by a Kaskaskia provoked the Lake tribes (the Ojibwa, the Ottawa, the Potawatami, the Kickapoo, and the Sac and Fox...
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