The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada

CHAPTER XV.

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1763.

THE FIGHT OF BLOODY BRIDGE.

_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