Pontiac’s War
The work of restoring the prisoners was retarded by a second Indian uprising in 1763 under the celebrated Indian chief Pontiac. The Indians were not satisfied when the French surrendered their lands to the English. Pontiac, a powerful and warlike chief, rekindled the fires of war, and by stratagem and treachery recaptured nine of the twelve forts from the English but the Delawares failed to take the three forts assigned to them.
Taken from p. 43 of Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler, by Rev. Harvey Hostetler, D.D., 1912. This portion was prepared by William F. Hochstetler.
Regarding yesterday's post, I checked the Hostetler database regarding the ages of Christian and Joseph at this time. Probably that is where I got the information for the earlier discussion of their ages at the time of their capture (I would need to go back and read that post, but am not taking the time to do that right now.) It doesn't make sense to me that, in the petition to the governor, the father would give their ages at the time of capture instead of their current ages. Also, why wouldn't boys 11 and 13 years of age try to talk their father into defending the family with arms? They used arms in hunting, providing food for the family. They were well trained and could assist in protecting the family at this time of attack. The Hostetler database provides approximate dates of birth for the two boys: 1746 for Christian and 1744 for Joseph.
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