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Show POrfIAC, THE OTTAWA, THE: I INDIAN NAPOLEON H IT WAS not ft new dream tills plan K of uniting nil the tribes to drive B out the whlto man. Opechunennough, tlnr Pamunkey, and King Philip, the H Wnmtmnoug, hnt dreamed It and paid H the penalty with their lives. Little H Turtle, the Miami, nnd Tecumseh, the Shawnee, were destined to attempt It M nud to foil. Of them nil, Pontine, the U Oltnwu, en mo nearest success nnd he Vm railed when n woinnii talked I H Pontine hated tho English, But he H loved the French nud wneu thoy lost H North Amcrlcu nt Quebec- In 1760, he fl wanted to keep ou lighting. On May l 7, 17(KI, one smashing blow by the hi ffl tied Indians was to rcgulu this ter- H rltory for the French and their reil H -fi lends. H The blow fell nnd the Indians were H so successful In their surprise attacks H that eight of the British forts were H captured nnd nearly nil tho garrisons M inussacrcd. Poutlac was ln personal H cmninnnd of the Indliins nround Dc- n troll, the keystono to Brlttah rtilo to Jfl the West. He planned to capture It hy HJ treachery. M Near the fort lived an OJIbway girl M called Cutherluu. She loved Major jfl (Madwyn, tho commnndnnt, nud bo- M trayed Poiitlac's plot In time to save H the fort. Foiled In his attempt lake M Detroit, tho Ottawa saw his grnilil BJ conspiracy crumbling. It wus dealt it HJ final blow when he received a nies- HJ sage from the French commaiidnnt at HJ Fort t'harttes, III., telling him that HJ Knghind and Frauce wero pow at HJ peace and bidding him end his wnr. HJ But Pontine was not ready to give M . up yet. He IMtetl tho Illinois tribes HJ and tried to rally them to Ills cause. ISJ They liesltuled to Join him. Glaring M angrily at their rhlc.'s, the Ottawa ex- HJ claimed : "H ynu refuse, I will con HJ sumo your tribes us u lire consume HJ the dry grass of your prairies'." HJ By now he realized the hopelessness HJ or his dreum. After one more attempt H to gahi' aid from the French, he gave HJ up the struggle anil returned to Dc H ti-ott to sign a trenty nf pence. In H ITU!! he came again to Illinois, At HJ Cahoklii an English trader uamcil HJ Williamson, who hatiM the great Ot- HJ lann. olTered a KaxViiskla warrior n H barrel or whisky to kill I'mitlm-. HJ Tlie Kasknskla was easily persuail- HJ ed. Ho remembered Pontine' threat H against IiIh people years herore i.ato H one nlht as Pontlac, unsuxiiectlnR Mj danger, strode through tho woods on HJ his way to St. Louis the Kaskaskla K gilded lip hehliid hlm, A tomahawk Bl gleamed In the htnrllght and descendeil. HJ The Indian Napoleon was dead. HJ vmmIhWsl j MMpV |