Excerpt from The White Captive: A Tale of the Pontiac WarHE immediate origin of this story lies back a couple of years when the author had occasron one afternoon to try to amuse a party of small boys. Somewhat desperate, he told them at a venture how the Indians, led by their great war chief Pontiac, once laid siege to Fort Detroit. The result was worth the trouble, for it showed that such old history may still be a fascinating theme to youthful listeners.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.