own lodge to Point St. Ignace, on the opposite side of the Strait. Here they remained till daylight. The following day, Henry hailed a canoe on the way to the Sault, and, finding that it contained the wife of Cadotte, already mentioned, he obtained permission to accompany the party. Henry bid his Indian friends farewell; and, putting on his Canadian suit, took his seat in the canoe. After an agreeable journey, they arrived safe at the Sault, where Henry received a generous welcome from Cadotte. He had been at this place but six days, when he was informed that a canoe full of warriors was approaching, with the intention of killing him. Nearly at the same time he received a message from the chief of the village, telling him to conceal himself. A garret was, a second time, his place of refuge; and, through the influence of Cadotte, his life was spared.

At this juncture the village was astir, on account of a canoe which had just arrived from Niagara. The strangers bore a message from Sir William Johnson, desiring the Indians of the Sault to send deputies to a great council, or feast, to be held at

he, being the oldest of seven children, was left in charge of the family. To fulfill this duty he carried on his father's farm for the two succeeding years, when, his mother marrying again, he started out in life for himself, working at farming and taking jobs at clearing land during the summer seasons, and attending school during the winters. In 1845 he removed to Genesee county, and purchased a saw mill ten miles north of Flint. After running this for two years it burned down, and with it about half a million feet of lumber, his barn and house, leaving him penniless and $1,000 in debt. Nothing daunted, he removed to Saginaw in the spring of 1848, and at once went into the employ of Judge Gardner D. Williams, with whom he remained until he spring of 1852. He then was engaged by Capt. Millard, and after working for him one year, he rented the captain's saw mill, and shortly afterwards purchased it. Since that time he has been constantly engaged in the lumbering business, first in the firm of Curtis & king, until 1864, next in the firm of Curtis & Corning, until 1870, and since that time in the firm of L. B. Curtis & Co.

Mr. Curtis was appointed swamp land State road commissioner by Governor Crapo in 1867, and held the position during the different administrations until the fall of 1872, when he resigned. He has held several other important offices in his town and city, and has given universal satisfaction in all the positions he has filled.

Niagara. After a short consultation, it was agreed to send twenty deputies. Henry seized upon this opportunity of leaving the country; and, having received the permission of the great chief to accompany the deputation, he did so, and thereby escaped from the hands of his persecutors, after trials and tribulations seldom paralleled in the romance of Indian history.

CHAPTER XVI.

CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC CONTINUED THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE GARRISON OF DETROIT DISCOVERED-PONTIAC COMMENCES THE SIEGE— CAPTAIN CAMPBELL'S CAPTIVITY-PONTIAC DEMANDS THE SURRENDER OF THE FORT.

WE NOW turn from Michilimackinac to the events that were transpiring elsewhere. On the fifth of May, 1763, a Canadian woman left her home at Detroit, and passed over to the Ottawa village, on the eastern side of the river, for the purpose of obtaining a supply of venison from the Indians of that village. She noticed several of the warriors filing off the barrels of their guns, so as to reduce them, stock and all, to the length of about a yard. Returning home in the evening, she told her neighbors what she had seen. This, and other circumstances, excited the suspicions of the Canadians who had the welfare and peace of the community at heart; and one M. Gouin, an old and wealthy settler, went to the commandant, and warned him to stand upon his guard, but Gladwyn, a man of fearless temper, slighted the advice. It is difficult to determine who Gladwyn's informant was; but, before the next day had closed, he was in possession of a complete knowledge of the plot, and actively preparing to meet the emergency. On the following page we present an engraving, which, if there be truth in tradition, illustrates the unveiling of this conspiracy. The story, as related to Carver, is as follows: In the Pottawattamie village lived an Ojibwa girl, who could boast of a larger share of beauty than is common in the wigwam. She had attracted the eye of Gladwyn, and there is no doubt that she loved the British officer with all the ardor of her untutored mind. On the afternoon of the sixth, Catherine, as she was called by the officers of the fort, came to Detroit, and repaired to Gladwyn's quarters, bringing with her a pair of elk-skin moccasins, ornamented with porcupine work, which he had requested

UNVEILING OF THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC.

From a photograph of painting by Stanley, in possession of W, W, Backus,

her to make. There was something unusual in her look and manner. Her face was sad and downcast. She said little, and soon left the room; but the sentinel at the door saw her still lingering at the street corner, though the hour for closing the gates was nearly come. At length, she attracted the notice of Gladwyn himself, and, calling her to him, he pressed her to declare what was weighing upon her mind. Still she remained for a long time silent; and it was only after much urgency, and many promises not to betray her, that she revealed her momentous secret. "To-morrow," she said, "Pontiac will come to the fort, with sixty of his chiefs. Each will be armed with a gun, cut short, and hidden under his blanket. Pontiac will demand to hold a council, and, after he has delivered his speech, he will offer a peace-belt of wampum, holding it in a reversed position. This will be the signal of attack. The chiefs will spring up and fire upon the officers, and the Indians in the street will fall upon the garrison. Every Englishman will be killed, but not the scalp of a single Frenchman will be touched." Whether or not this was the true source of Gladwyn's information, it is difficult now to determine; but he was, through some instrumentality, told that an attempt would be made, on the seventh, to capture the fort, through treachery.

He summoned his officers and told them what he had heard. The defenses of the place occupied a large area, and were quite feeble, and the garrison was too weak to repel a general assault. The force of the Indians at this time is variously estimated at from six hundred to two thousand; and the commandant greatly feared that some wild impulse might change their plans, and that they would storm the fort before the morning. Gladwyn, accordingly, prepared his garrison for a sudden emergency. He ordered half the soldiers under arms, and the officers to spend the night upon the ramparts. Night came on, and, from sunset till dawn, an anxious watch was kept from the slender palisades of Detroit. The soldiers were all ignorant of the danger, and the sentinels were anxious to know why their numbers were doubled. Again, and again, through that long and dreary night, the commandant mounted his wooden ramparts, and looked forth into the gloom.