the  French  goTernment,  they  never  flourished  jis  colonies.  At  the  peace  of
1763,  all  the  French  poissessiona  in  North  America  came  under  the  dominion
of  Great  Britain.  On  the  expulgioa  of  the  French,  the  celebralod  IiiJiiin
chief,  A-nfioc,  seized  the  ocoasioD  to  rid  the  tounlry  of  the  hated  whites,  by
a  ^neral  uprising,  and  siinultiiDeouB  nttacka  ou  all  ibe  forla  of  the  EngiifiB
OD  the  iHkes.  Mackinaw  was  taken  by  etraloKem,  nod  tie  garrison  butcV
ered.  Detroit  was  besieged  some  months,  by  PoDliatf,  with  tiOO  Indians,  but
it  held  out  until  the  Indian  allies,  becoming  weary  of  the  siege,  retired,  and
left  PoDtino  no  choice  but  to  make  peace.  At  the  ferinination  of  the  n-vo-
lutionury  war,  by  the  peace  of  1783,  Michigan,  being  included  in  the  ^'urtb*
west  Territory,  was  cedea  to  the  Untt«d  States ;  the  British,  however,  did
not  surrender  the  post  of  Detroit  until  1796.
