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Pontiac's War Battles Battle of Piqua Battle of Jumonville Battle of Fort Necessity Battle of Fort Beausejour Battle of Monongahela Battle of Lake George Battle of Fort Bull Battle of Fort Oswego Kittaning Raid Colonel Parkers Defeat Battle of Fort William Henry Battle of Bloody Creek Battle of Snowshoes Siege of Louisburg Battle of Fort Carillon Battle of Fort Frontenac Battle of Fort Duquesne Battle of Fort Ligonier Raid on German Flatts Battle of Fort Niagara Battle of La Belle-Famille Battle of Fort Ticonderoga Battle of Beauport Odanak Massacre Battle of Quebec Battle of Sainte-Foy Battle of Thousand Islands Siege of Fort Detroit Battle of Fort Sandusky English Reinforcements Are Defeated Battle of Fort St. Joseph Battle of Fort Miami Battle of Fort Ouiatenon Battle of Fort Michilimackinac Battle of Fort Venango Battle of Fort Le Boeuf Battle of Fort Presque Isle Siege of Fort Pitt Battle of Bloody Run September 1763 Ojibwa Defeat Battle of Devils Hole Major John Wilkins Defeat Colonel Bradstreets Defeat

September 14, 1763 Battle of Devils Hole

This 1763 battle was fought on Wednesday September 14, 1763. It was fought near Niagara Falls which was within Ojibway Territory. Battle of Devils Hole was a part of Pontiac's War. A list of Battles of Pontiac's War is above. Several hundred Ojibway Soldiers including Assinica or Seneca Ojibway Soldiers, ambushed a contingent of English Soldiers and teamsters, who were attempting to bring supplies to Fort Niagara from Fort Schlosser. Both forts were very close to Niagara Falls. In both battles, 102 English Soldiers and teamsters were killed by victorious Ojibway Soldiers. Ojibway Soldiers followed a wagon train led by 24 English Soldiers or teamsters, then attacked it. They killed 21 of those 24 English Soldiers or teamsters. They were armed. However, 3 white soldiers or teamsters, reached Fort Schlosser. Another force of English Soldiers heard about that nearby battle and were sent to where that battle scene was, to reinforce those English Soldiers or teamsters. Ojibway scouts were watching those 89 English Soldiers making their way to where that earlier battle was fought. Several hundred Ojibwa Soldiers prepared to battle them about a mile or so from where that earlier battle was fought. Ojibway Soldiers quickly defeated those English Soldiers and some accounts claim all 89 were killed. However, it was reported that 8 English Soldiers survived. In all, 102 English Soldiers and teamsters were killed and 9 wounded. It is not known how many Ojibway Soldiers were killed and wounded. One Ojibway account told of only one Ojibwa Soldier wounded during those battles. Ojibway Soldiers continued to hold Niagara Falls region under their control, after Pontiac's War.