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kia, Vincennes and Fort Chartres. A branch of the great Algonquin race of Indians inhabited the country, and were divided into five tribes--the Kaskaskias, Cahokias, Peorias, Mitchigamias and Tamaroas. These tribes together were known by the general appellation of the Illinois (Illini). Eastward, on the Wabash and its tributaries, were the Miamis, the Piankishaws and a portion of the Kickapoos. A part of the Miamis, of which tribe there were three divisions, lived still further east upon the Maumee.
It had been the plan of Sir Jeffrey Amherst to send two armies from different points in the spring of 1764, into the Indian country. In pursuance of this plan two expeditions were organized; one under the command of Colonel Bouquet, and the other under Colonel Bradstreet. The former was to invade the interior Indian country south of the lakes, and the latter was to operate against the Indians
of the lake region in the north.
The troops for Bradstreet's army had their rendezvous at Albany and departed from there for Fort Niagara about the end of June, for the purpose of ascending the lakes to deal with the tribes about Detroit and the region beyond. The force did not exceed twelve hundred men. When the army landed at Niagara, hundreds of Indians were gathered there for the purpose of holding a council with Sir William Johnson, who had sent messengers to the different tribes inviting them to meet him. There were present representatives from the Six Nations, and from the Ojibwas, Ottawas, Mississaugas from the north; Caughnawagas from Canada, Wyandots from Detroit, and from the Menomonies, Sacs, Foxes and Winnebagoes in the far west, Even the Osages from beyond the Mississippi had a
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representative present. So large a gathering of savages from the different nations and tribes has seldom if ever been seen by white men in America. Some came to assure the whites of friendship; some in a spirit of submission; some as spies, and others in expectation of receiving presents. There were around Fort Niagara at this meeting more than two thousand warriors. Many had brought with them their women and children. The Delawares and Shawanoes, against whom Bouquet's army was advancing, sent word that they did not fear the whites, but were willing to treat for peace. At this very time they were renewing their bloody work of the previous year along the borders of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The Seneces had pledged themselves to Sir William Johnson to appear at Niagara, but they failed to keep their promise, having leagued themselves with a band of hostile Delawares. A messenger was sent to notify them that unless they immediately came to Fort Niagara, the whites would march upon them and burn their villages. This had the effect to bring a delegation of their warriors with whom a peace was concluded. Councils were held in turn with the various tribes and separate treaties of peace made with each. On the 6th of August Johnson, having completed his task, set sail for Oswego.
Bradstreet's army, having received an accession of about three hundred friendly Indians, chiefly Iroquois, and also Canadians, advanced to Port Schlosser above the cataract. Their boats and bateaux had been sent up before, dragged over the rough portage road by oxen. The troops left Fort Schlosser on the 8th of August, and on the 12th a storm on Lake Erie forced them to drag their boats ashore near
