The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada
CHAPTER XXX.
1765.
RUIN OF THE INDIAN CAUSE.
_Mission of Croghan._--_Plunder of the Caravan._--_Exploits of the Borderers._--_Congress at Fort Pitt._--_Fraser's Discomfiture._-- _Distress of the hostile Indians._--_Pontiac. His desperate Position._--_Croghan's Party attacked._--_Croghan at Ouatanon._--_His Meeting with Pontiac._--_Pontiac offers Peace._--_Croghan reaches Detroit._--_Conferences at Detroit._--_Peace Speech of Pontiac._-- _Results of Croghan's Mission._--_The English take Possession of the Illinois._ 475