Pontiac
(?–20 April 1769)
- John Sugden
Extract
Pontiac (?–20 April 1769), Ottawa war leader, was born probably at the Ottawa village on the Detroit River about 1714. His life before 1763 is obscure. He was a war leader of the Ottawa as early as 1747 and a strong supporter of New France, both then, when the Huron ...
