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Pontiac's Rebellion: 15+ [2] Wyandot vs Kingdom of Great Britain: Siege of Fort Laurens: February 22 - March 20, 1779 near modern Bolivar, Ohio: American Revolutionary War: Western theater: 17+ Kingdom of Great Britain & Native allies [3] vs. United States of America [4] Battle of Chillicothe: May 1779 present-day Xenia Township, Greene County ...
Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War (1754–1763). Warriors from numerous nations joined in an effort to drive British soldiers and settlers out ...
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Ohio Country natives: Great Britain: Commanders and leaders; Guyasuta Keekyuscung † Henry Bouquet: Strength; 110–500 [1] [2] 500: Casualties and losses; 20–60 killed: 42nd Highlanders: Lieutenants John Graham & James McIntosh killed [3] 1 sergeant and 26 rank & file killed [3] Captain John Graham of Duchray & Lieutenant Duncan Campbell ...
The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, [a] Ohio Valley [b]) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes, and France .
Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag (c. 1714/20 – April 20, 1769) was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in an armed struggle against the British in the Great Lakes region due to, among other reasons, dissatisfaction with British policies.
Bushy Run Battlefield Park was established as a Pennsylvania state park in 1927 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. Bushy Run Battlefield Park is the only historic site or museum that deals exclusively with Pontiac's Rebellion and Pennsylvania's only recognized Native American battlefield.
During Pontiac's Rebellion, on 18 June 1763, a war party of Native Americans burned Fort Le Boeuf. The survivors escaped to Fort Venango (formerly Fort Machault), but it too was burned, so they continued to Fort Pitt. On 1 August 1794, Major Ebenezer Denny reported to Governor Thomas Mifflin from Le Boeuf. He described a fortification with four ...