Native American War Facts

By Kevin

Pontiac's war started in 1763.(7)

About 200 Native American warriors died in Pontiac's war.(7)

Fourteen different tribes were involved with Pontiac's war.(7)

Pontiac’s War

During the Pontiac's war six

Ottawa chiefs died.(6)

In Pontiac’s war, British officers infected Native Americans with blankets from people infected with small pox.(7)

Pontiac’s War (cont’d.)

Tecumseh's War started because

Tecumseh did not agree with the Treaty of Fort Wayne. (10)

After Tecumseh's War, Americans blamed the British for their violence and giving them weapons. (10)

Tecumseh was thinking about forming an alliance with the British. (10)

Tecumseh’s War

Tecumseh was killed at Battle of

Thames in Canada in 1813.(9)

Lenape Chief Buckongahelas one of the most important chiefs in the region died of either smallpox or influenza.(9)

Tecumseh’s War (cont’d.)

(10)

In the war with the Dutch the

Haudenosaunee got guns because the Wyandot got metal weapons and eventually guns.(2)

They had arrow/bow makers in the Ojibwa.(3)

People in the Ojibwa got there own personal sign on there arrows so when they kill something like a bear he can show he's the one who killed it so he got it.(3)

Supplies

The Menominee hunters and warriors

used stone axes,clubs and bows and arrows.(4)

In war Wyandot used spears, war club and bows.(5)

Ojibwa warriors used clubs, flails, bow and arrows and a hide shield.(3)

Warriors used leather cases to hold stuff.(1)

The Huron tribe had from 25,000-30,000 members.(8)

Supplies (cont’d.)

1. Native Americans (book)2. Nations of the Eastern Great Lakes (book)3. http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast/ojib

wa.html4. http://www.bigorrin.org/menominee_kids.htm5. http://www.bigorrin.org/wyandot_kids.htm6. Pontaic's war (book)7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac's_War8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Wars9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh%27s_War10. http://www.uppercanadahistory.ca/fn/fn4.html

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