Pontiac was unquestionably the moving spirit in the plot devised to capture Detroit. Francis Parkman believed he was the instigator of the entire uprising of the western Indians against British rule, a belief that Parkman expressed in his History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, published in 1851. A century later, however, Howard Peckham, in Pontiac and the Indian Uprising, convincingly refuted Parkman's conspiracy theory and demonstrated that Pontiac could be credited only with leading the attack against British authority in the
Pontiac was unquestionably the moving spirit in the plot devised to capture Detroit. Francis Parkman believed he was the instigator of the entire uprising of the western Indians against British rule, a belief that Parkman expressed in his History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, published in 1851. A century later, however, Howard Peckham, in Pontiac and the Indian Uprising, convincingly refuted Parkman's conspiracy theory and demonstrated that Pontiac could be credited only with leading the attack against British authority in the
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Pontiac was unquestionably the moving spirit in the plot devised to capture Detroit. Francis
Parkman believed he was the instigator of the entire uprising of the western Indians
against British rule, a belief that Parkman expressed in his History of the Conspiracy of
Pontiac, published in 1851. A century later, however, Howard Peckham, in Pontiac and
the Indian Uprising, convincingly refuted Parkman's conspiracy theory and demonstrated
that Pontiac could be credited only with leading the attack against British authority in the
Detroit area. In 1763 Pontiac was probably in his forties and had long since risen to
leadership among his fellow Ottawa tribesmen because of his intellect, shrewdness,
bravery, and oratorical prowess. His plan, as he outlined it to a conclave of Detroit Indians
held in April 1763, in what is believed to be the site of the present Council Park in the
downriver Detroit community of Lincoln Park, called for gaining entrance into the fort on
the pretext of desiring a parley, and then, at a given signal attacking their enemies.
Unfortunately for the Indians, the commandant of the fort had been forewarned.
Willis F. Dunbar and George S. May, Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State, 3rd Rev.
Ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995), pp. 64, 66.
Which of the following best encapsulates the Peckham thesis?
(a) Pontiac had little to do with the uprising against British authority in the west.
(b) Pontiac was the instigator of the uprising against British authority in the west.
(c) Pontiac was too old to lead the uprising against British authority in the west.
(d) Pontiac was an important but not the sole leader of the uprising against British
authority in the west.
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