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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

June 2, 1763 Battle of Fort Michilimackinac

On Thursday June 2, 1763, 100's of Ojibway Soldiers who had surrounded Fort Michilimackinac, used trickery to enter that fort. They commenced to playing a ball game known in Ojibway as baggatiway, outside Fort Michilimackinac and while it's doors were open, they deliberately tossed a ball inside that fort. It's English garrison did not know about what was going on 100's of miles further south or thought themselves to be safe. If they had known about all their forts being attacked, they would have fought. Anywhere from 35 to over 100 English Soldiers were stationed at Fort Michilimackinac. It was just as important a fortification as were Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt, if not more important to English leaders. After entering Fort Michilimackinac, Ojibway Soldiers killed anywhere from 20 to 70 whites, then took Fort Michilimackinac under their control. They captured those remaining whites they didn't kill. Their idiotic Indian allies who Ojibway leaders were protecting, forcefully took those white prisoners from Ojibway Soldiers and sailed them to Montreal by way of Lake Huron, Lake Nipssing and Ottawa River. What they got in return is a disgrace to human civilization. It led to nearly 100,000 Indian casualties and an end to Pontiac's War.