Fort Miami (on the site of present …
Years: 1763 - 1763
May
Fort Miami (on the site of present Fort Wayne, Indiana) is the third fort to fall.
On May 27, 1763, the commander is lured out of the fort by his Native mistress and shot dead by Miami Native Americans.
The nine-man garrison surrenders after the fort is surrounded.
On May 27, 1763, the commander is lured out of the fort by his Native mistress and shot dead by Miami Native Americans.
The nine-man garrison surrenders after the fort is surrounded.
Locations
People
- Guyasuta
- Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
- Neolin
- Pontiac (Ottawa leader)
- William Johnson, 1st Baronet
Groups
- Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations)
- Wyandot, or Wendat, or Huron people (Amerind tribe)
- Miami (Amerind tribe)
- Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans)
- Ojibwa, or Ojibwe, aka or Chippewa (Amerind tribe)
- Odawa, or Ottawa, people (Amerind tribe)
- Seneca (Amerind tribe)
- Mascouten (Amerind tribe)
- Kickapoo people (Amerind tribe)
- Potawatomi (Amerind tribe)
- Wea (Amerind tribe)
- Piankeshaw (Amerind tribe)
- Shawnees, or Shawanos (Amerind tribe)
- Ohio Country
- Illinois Country
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma)
Topics
- Colonization of the Americas, British
- Seven Years' War
- Pontiac's War (Pontiac's Rebellion of Conspiracy)
