Dec 30, 2009
Article abstract: In 1763, in the wake of the French defeat during the{$IFrench and Indian War} French and Indian War, Pontiac envisioned a pan-Indian confederation to drive the British from Indian land.
Pontiac was born in present-day northern Ohio, the son of an Ottawa father and a Chippewa (Ojibwa) mother. According to Ottawa custom, which allowed polygamy, presumably he married on several occasions, though only one wife, Kantuckeegan, and their two sons, Otussa and Shegenaba, have been identified. Pontiac, a large, imposing warrior, was esteemed for his...
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