Council Point / Pontiac's Council
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N 42° 14.184 W 083° 09.691
17T E 321648 N 4678285
Located in Council Point Park in Lincoln Park.
Waymark Code: WMH998
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2013
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On April 27, 1763, Obwandiyag, an Ottawa who was also called Pontiac, assembled a council of warriors from various tribes near this site. He urged them to fight to maintain control of their land and their way of life. For more than a century, tribes in the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes had allied themselves with different European nations that fought to dominate the Great Lakes. Most favored the French. Trading partners who were not very numerous, instead of the British, whose policies and exploding population were a threat to Indian existence. After the French lost the Seven Years War (1756 1763), the tribes faced a single European power; Britain and its colonies. Their resistance began almost immediately with attacks on posts and forts
Historical Date: 04/27/1763
Historical Name: Pontiac
Description:
On April 27, 1763, Obwandiyag, an Ottawa who was also called Pontiac, assembled a council of warriors from various tribes near this site. He urged them to fight to maintain control of their land and their way of life. For more than a century, tribes in the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes had allied themselves with different European nations that fought to dominate the Great Lakes. Most favored the French. Trading partners who were not very numerous, instead of the British, whose policies and exploding population were a threat to Indian existence. After the French lost the Seven Years War (1756 1763), the tribes faced a single European power; Britain and its colonies. Their resistance began almost immediately with attacks on posts and forts
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: Y2013A
website: Not listed
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