Traces the movements of the Indian leader Pontiac in organizing the Indian tribes of the Mississippi valley against the intruding English in 1760

Introduction -- Robert Roger's mission -- Plot against Detroit -- Pontiac and the Ottawa Nation -- Causes of Pontiac's war -- Siege of Detroit -- Fall of the forts -- Fall of Fort Michilimackinac -- War moves East -- British strike back: Battle of Bloody Bridge -- Battle of Bushy Run -- Massacre at Devil's Hole -- Siege of Detroit is lifted -- Pontiac's capitulation -- Peacemaking -- Croghan's mission -- Death of Pontiac -- Significance of Pontiac's war -- Selected bibliography -- Index.