_Dalzell’s Detachment.——Dalzell reaches Detroit.——Stratagem of the Wyandots.——Night Attack on Pontiac’s Camp.——Indian Ambuscade.——Retreat of the English.——Terror of Dalzell’s Troops.——Death of Dalzell.—— Defence of Campau’s House.——Grant conducts the Retreat.——Exultation of the Indians.——Defence of the Schooner Gladwyn._ 226 CHAPTER XVI. 1763. MICHILLIMACKINAC. _The Voyager on the Lakes.——Michillimackinac in 1763.——Green Bay and Ste. Marie.——The Northern Wilderness.——Tribes of the Lakes.—— Adventures of a Trader.——Speech of Minavavana.——Arrival of English Troops.——Disposition of the Indians.——The Ojibwa War-chief.—— Ambassador from Pontiac.——Sinister Designs of the Ojibwas.——Warnings of Danger.——Wawatam.——Eve of the Massacre._ 238 CHAPTER XVII. 1763. THE MASSACRE. _The King’s Birthday.——Heedlessness of the Garrison.——Indian Ball-play.——The Stratagem.——Slaughter of the Soldiers.——Escape of Alexander Henry.——His appalling Situation.——His Hiding-place discovered.——Survivors of the Massacre.——Plan of retaking the Fort.—— Adventures of Henry.——Unexpected Behavior of the Ottawas.——They take Possession of the Fort.——Their Council with the Ojibwas.——Henry and his Fellow-prisoners.——He is rescued by Wawatam.——Cannibalism.——Panic among the Conquerors.——They retire to Mackinaw.——The Island of Mackinaw.——Indian Carouse.——Famine among the Indians.——They disperse to their Wintering Grounds.——Green Bay. The neighboring Tribes.—— Gorell. His Address and Prudence.——He conciliates the Indians.——He abandons Green Bay.——The English driven from the Upper Lakes._ 249 List of Illustrations. Forts and Settlements in America, 1763 A. D. 12 Fort and Settlements of Detroit, A. D. 1763 161 [Illustration: FORTS AND SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA, 1763 A. D.] CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.——INDIAN TRIBES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. The Indian is a true child of the forest and the desert. The wastes and solitudes of nature are his congenial home. His haughty mind is imbued with the spirit of the wilderness, and the light of civilization falls on him with a blighting power. His unruly pride and untamed freedom are in harmony with the lonely mountains, cataracts, and rivers among which he dwells; and primitive America, with her savage scenery and savage men, opens to the imagination a boundless world, unmatched in wild sublimity.