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own, on the eastern side of the strait; and five miles higher up, but on the same eastern side, the Ottawas. On the first day of May, Pontiac entered the fort with about fifty Major Gladwin to Sir J. Amherst, 14 May, 1763, enclosure No. 9 in Amherst to Egremont, 27 June, 1768. of his warriors, announcing his purpose in a few days to pay a more formal visit. He appeared on the seventh, with about three hundred warriors, armed with knives, tomahawks and guns, cut short and hid under their blsed Major Gladwin, to Sir J. Amherst, Detroit, 18 August, 1763. by the appearance of Dalyell, an aide-de-camp to Amherst, with a detachment of two hundred and sixty chap VII.} 1763. July. men. Dalyell to Amherst, 15 July, 1763, quoted in Amherst to Gladwin, 10 August, 1763. They had entered the river in the evening, and came up under cover of the night, or so small a command would have been intercepted, for the enemy were numerous, brave, and full of confidence from success. At once,