Fort Detroit the Native Americans to trap and hunt, as well as rendering them less of a threat. The British colonists did not emphasize maintaining good relationships with the Native Americans. But the French Canadians had formed many families through intermarriage and knew about the Native American custom of giving gifts. After the French left the conflict, Pontiac war-leader of the Ottawa, rallied several tribes in Pontiac's Rebellion. He attempted to capture Detroit from the British on May 7, 1763. They failed to capture the fort, as the British were forewarned of the attack, but did lay siege to it (see the
Siege of Fort Augustus (March 1746) further ado. He was later court-martialed and dismissed from service for doing so. With Fort Augustus taken the attention of both the Jacobites and the British-Hanoverian Government shifted to that of Fort William which was the last surviving strong point along the Great Glen, and the Jacobites subsequently unsuccessfully laid siege to that fort from March to April 1746. Siege of Fort Augustus (March 1746) The Siege of Fort Augustus was a conflict that took place over two days in 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745. A rebel Jacobite force succeeded in taking the fort from British-Hanoverian forces in