calm also fell, and when told that he must die, he said,
"So much the better; I shall not live to see the sur-
render of Quebec."

The End of the War. — Montreal was taken the next
year, and soon the war came to an end. A treaty was
made in 1763, by which France gave up to England all
the country held by it east of the Mississippi River, and
to Spain all the country west of this river. This was
a great event for the English colonies. North America
now belonged to two nations only, England and Spain.
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Pontiac's Rebellion. — But there were many French
in Canada and they made some further trouble. There
was a bold and brave Indian chief named Pontiac,
who wished to drive the English back from the Ohio
and the lakes, and perhaps from the whole country.
The French secretly incited him to attempt this. He
formed a league among several tribes, and a sudden
attack was made on the English forts.
They took one fort by the trick of playing a game of
ball before it. When the ball fell near the gate of the
fort they rushed after it and into the open gate, near
which sat their squaws, with tomahawks hidden under
their blankets. These the warriors seized and killed
nearly all the soldiers. The fort at Detroit was besieged
for five months, and then the Indians gave up the
siege. Several other forts were taken, but in the end
the Indians were everywhere defeated.
Thus ended the long struggle between the English and
the French, which had continued, at intervals, for sev-
enty-five years. The English were everywhere victorious,
and were now to have a few years of rest from war.
