Super Chief

When looking at the Indian information in the previous life, Stone Bear had paid attention to the Pontiac chief.

　　 Chief Pontiac was born in 1720 and was assassinated in 1769. He lived only 49 years old.

　　 Although his life is short, when he was the chief of Ottawa, he gained a very high reputation among the Indians by virtue of relatively fair trade. Especially when he took the lead and started fighting with the British, many Indian warriors from other tribes left their tribes to join him, because he acted boldly and generously. Not only did he take the lead in fighting, but also There are also courageous and strategic, very good at using soldiers.

　　During the Pontiac Uprising, Chief Pontiac even became the supreme leader of the tribal alliance composed of the Ottawa, Chippewa, and Miami tribes.

At the turn of the spring and summer of 1763, Chief Pontiac led the Ottawas and contacted the Hurons, Miamis, Chippewas, and other Indians to siege Detroit, and at the same time captured the Great Lakes 13 Eight of the other fortresses killed hundreds of white colonists who invaded Indian territory.

　　 But just when the Indian Tribal Alliance was preparing to attack the Detroit Fortress, their plan was leaked. They lost a lot of people when attacking the Detroit Fortress, and eventually led to the failure of the plan to attack the Detroit Fortress.

Although Pontiac failed, this uprising made a good start for the resistance of other Indian tribes. More Indians stood up and responded to Pontiac’s call instead of leading troops. To vote is to act alone to attack small groups of British colonists.

　　 In fact, at the beginning of the Pontiac Uprising, the British responded very slowly, thinking it was a small, low-intensity conflict, and did not pay much attention to it. After all, the Pontiac uprising took place at the end of the Seven Years' War. At that time, most of the attention of the British was restrained by the French, and they did not pay much attention to the Indian uprising.

　　 But the result surprised the British. Those natives who were regarded as ignorant and backward, took the eight military fortresses in the Great Lakes region in one go, and almost took the most important fortress of Detroit.

　　 The British finally paid attention to the huge losses caused by the Indians. In the second half of 1763, the British began to actively mobilize troops to participate in the suppression of the Indian uprisings, and gradually suppressed the offensive of the local Indians.

　　 Although the British have a great advantage in the Great Lakes region, life is not easy for the British. After all, the British talents had just survived the traumatic Seven Years' War, and their finances were about to collapse and bankrupt, otherwise they would not have nothing to do to squeeze the Indians. Now that the war has broken out again, the British parliament lords can only think of ways to collect taxes while arranging troops and generals. Because the battlefield is in North America, the colonial residents have to pay for this money.

　　 This is also the direct reason for the continuous promulgation of various regulations used to squeeze the colonists by the British authorities after the Seven Years War.

　　 At the same time, the British were also afraid that the war with the Indians would be delayed too long, which would cause the French to join the war again. Therefore, in order to quell the Indians’ resistance as quickly as possible, even if the British army has begun to gain a strategic advantage, the London government still had to negotiate with the Indians, and then adjust the policies that some Indians strongly opposed, and liberalized some prohibitions. Re-respect the traditions of the Indians.

　　 Finally, the King of England issued a special proclamation in October 1763, the Declaration of 1763, which met most of the requirements of the Indians. For example, private purchases of Indian land were not allowed, and British colonial settlers were not allowed to settle around the Great Lakes region and between the Alabachia Mountains and the Mississippi River. Those British people who have been in these areas have also been ordered to abandon their settlements on these lands and must move elsewhere.

　　 This declaration became the golden key to the settlement of the Indian problem and quelled this far-reaching war. However, the war did not end immediately because of the Declaration of 1763. Although many Indian tribes signed peace treaties with Britain after the declaration was issued by the British, the resistance of the Indians did not end until 1766.

In July 1766, Chief Pontiac, who had obtained good results, represented the Indian Tribal Union in peace negotiations with the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom once again reiterated its respect for the territories and rights of the Indians, and the Indian Tribal Union promised not to launch any more. Attack, the two sides used to reach a peace agreement and end the war.

　　 The history of this war is called "Pontiac Uprising"!

At this point, the Indian uprising finally came to an end. The Indians got what they wanted, but the British peace policy was a compromise in the eyes of the colonial residents, which caused the settlers and land speculators of the North American colonies to treat the United Kingdom. Strong opposition to government policy. In addition, the British government continued to forcibly transfer the financial resources consumed from the Seven Years’ War and the Pontiac Uprising to the colonists, which made the North American colonists more and more hatred of the British authorities, which eventually led to the War of Independence. The outbreak...

　　 It can be said that the Pontiac Uprising was the first large-scale attack by North American Indians against British colonists, and it also became one of the fuse for the outbreak of the War of Independence.

　　 Although Chief Pontiac passed away as early as 1769, Stone Bear still has great respect for the legendary Ottawa chief.

　　 Later generations of America once had a very famous car, which seems to have something to do with the Pontiac chief, because the name of that car was "Pontiac".

　　Of course, this is not to say that Pontiac Automobiles was named in honor of the Pontiac chief ~www.readwn.com~The real reason is this. Because the United States has no history, after the founding of the United States, it always wanted to find some more ancient history for itself. So some Indian tribes or Indian chiefs who were famous in history became the objects of worship by many Americans in later generations.

　　 For example, the various types of helicopters used by American Army Aviation are basically named directly after Indian tribes or chiefs.

　　 And Chief Pontiac, as a famous figure in North American history, naturally has many admirers. Many places in the United States in later generations are named after Pontiac.

　　 For example, there will be a small city in the northwest of Detroit called Pontiac. This small city is also an automobile industry center in Detroit, which mainly produces tractors, automobile bodies, and automobile parts. The name of this place is to commemorate the heroic Chief Pontiac who was assassinated in the end.

　　 In 1893, Edward Murphy founded a chaise company here, based on the name of the place at the time, and named it "Pontiac Chaise Company". Later, Edward Murphy produced a 4-cylinder engine car in 1908, which was powerful and competitive, and thus developed rapidly. At the same time, it attracted the attention of William Durant, the founder of General Motors. During the talks, the Pontiac Chaise Company joined General Motors in 1909 and changed its name to Pontiac.

　　 And from 1926 to 1956, Pontiac cars have been marked with the heads of Native American Indians. And in 1949, Pontiac also launched a brand new model, named after the Pontiac Chief.