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How Did Harrison's Plan To Take Back The Forts

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His plan was bold; it is a plan that will need to be done to perfection in order to take back the Forts. He want to take back twelve Forts, one by one and he wants to do it quickly and surprisingly. His first move is to go to Fort Detroit with a group of warriors and scope out the Fort. When he arrived at the Fort the British wouldn’t let him in due to an uneasy suspicion. After Chief Pontiac had put General Gladwin (the general of Fort Detroit) at ease telling him that they were only there for a ceremonial dance to show them their respect, he had let them in. Once they were let in the Fort some warriors in the back of the line split up and went down back allies to see where they could attack. After the Native dance was over the warriors had meet up with the rest of the Native people in the Fort and made their way out with Chief Pontiac. …show more content…

Gladwin accepted his offering to come back again; he did this because he didn’t want to upset the Native People any further. The warriors had found ways of attacking the Fort when they were walking the allies. They had also found that there were a low number of British troops in the Fort. This had made Chief Pontiac feel that they could easily take the Fort with little problems. So, the plan was to bring a wampum belt with two colors on it, white and black. The plan was to give the British the wampum when they returned, and if Chief Pontiac gave them the wampum with the black side showing, then they would attack. However, if he showed the white side when presenting the wampum, the plan would be

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