Title: The conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian war after the conquest of Canada
Description: Francis Parkman may have been America’s most famous historian in the 19th century, and is still well-known for books on the Oregon Trail and the French in North America. He is also still highly regarded for his prose, although there is less consensus about the quality of his historical interpretation. Historian C. Van Woodward wrote that “…Modern sensibilities will be nettled by his casual stereotypes of national character and by the sharp distinction he draws between “civilization” and “savagery”.” (Foreword to Parkman’s Montcalm and Wolfe: The French and Indian War, p. xxx.)
Subjects: Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765, Indians of North America, Wars, History, Discovery and exploration, French, United States French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Places: Canada, United States, America, New France
People: Pontiac Ottawa Chief (d.1769), Pontiac Chief of the Ottawa tribe
Time periods: To 1763 (New France), 1750-1815, French and Indian War, 1755-1763, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775