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Bradstreet continues westward, as yet unaware that …
Years: 1764 - 1764
August
Bradstreet continues westward, as yet unaware that his unauthorized diplomacy is angering his superiors.
He reaches Fort Detroit on August 26, where he negotiates another treaty.
In an attempt to discredit Pontiac, who is not present, Bradstreet chops up a peace belt the Ottawa leader had sent to the meeting.
According to historian Richard White, "such an act, roughly equivalent to a European ambassador's urinating on a proposed treaty, had shocked and offended the gathered Indians."
Bradstreet also claims that the natives had accepted British sovereignty as a result of his negotiations, but Johnson believes that this has not been fully explained to the natives and that further councils will be needed.
Although Bradstreet has successfully reinforced and reoccupied British forts in the region, his diplomacy proves to be controversial and inconclusive.
He reaches Fort Detroit on August 26, where he negotiates another treaty.
In an attempt to discredit Pontiac, who is not present, Bradstreet chops up a peace belt the Ottawa leader had sent to the meeting.
According to historian Richard White, "such an act, roughly equivalent to a European ambassador's urinating on a proposed treaty, had shocked and offended the gathered Indians."
Bradstreet also claims that the natives had accepted British sovereignty as a result of his negotiations, but Johnson believes that this has not been fully explained to the natives and that further councils will be needed.
Although Bradstreet has successfully reinforced and reoccupied British forts in the region, his diplomacy proves to be controversial and inconclusive.
Locations
People
- Benjamin Lincoln
- George III of Great Britain
- Guyasuta
- Henry Louis Bouquet
- John Bradstreet
- Neolin
- Pontiac (Ottawa leader)
- Thomas Gage
- 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)
- Susquehannock (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)
Subjects
Regions
Subregions
Years: 1764 - 1764
August
Locations
People
- Benjamin Lincoln
- George III of Great Britain
- Guyasuta
- Henry Louis Bouquet
- John Bradstreet
- Neolin
- Pontiac (Ottawa leader)
- Thomas Gage
- 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)
- Susquehannock (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)
Subjects
Regions
Subregions