April 20,1769 Cahokia, Illinois - Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas, murdered by an Illinois Indian; six years earlier he helped lead the Ottawa, Hurons (Wyandots), Potawatomis and Ojibwas in a rising against the British garrisons on the Great Lakes.

You can see the extent of Pontiac and his Allies' Rebellion in the right column on the Military Page for the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan: http://www.habitantheritage.org/french-canadian_resources/military   Happy Easter everyone.   Diane Sheppard ----- Original Message ----- From: WFlem72706@aol.com To: quebec-research-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 11:59:52 AM Subject: [Q-R] April 20     April  20,1769 Cahokia, Illinois - Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas,   murdered by an Illinois Indian; six years earlier he helped lead the  Ottawa, Hurons (Wyandots), Potawatomis and Ojibwas in a rising against the  British garrisons on the Great  Lakes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message