Death of Pontiac in Cahokia, Illinois

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Death of Pontiac

Cahokia, IL , USA

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In Cahokia, Pontiac, the Ottawa chief who organized the Indian conspiracy which struck terror along the frontier from 1763 to 1765, met his death in the early spring of 1769. He was assassinated by a Peoria Indian after a drunken debauch.

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