June 6th...The Fort Michilimackinac Massacre

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 119. This time we examine the year 1763 and the Fort Michilimackinac Massacre.

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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Sources:

https://history.mcc.edu/wordpress/history/2014/03/21/europeannative-relations-the-french/

Attack! at Michilimackinac - Colonial Michilimackinac

https://mynorth.com/2010/05/deadly-lacrosse-game-in-mackinac-straits-at-fort-michilimackinac-in-1763/

https://cdnhistorybits.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/lacrosse-massacre-fort-michilimackinac/

http://www.emersonkent.com/history/timelines/pontiac_war_timeline.htm

https://www.historyandheadlines.com/history-june-2-1763-military-tricks-and-ruses-that-actually-worked/

http://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2015/10/11/pontiacs-rebellion-at-fort-michilimackinac/

 

Photo: 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Fort_Mims_massacre_1813.jpg