Pontiac (Ottawa leader) On May 9, he laid siege to the fort, and was eventually joined by more than 900 warriors from a half-dozen tribes. While Pontiac was besieging Fort Detroit, messengers spread word of his actions. Indians made widespread attacks against British forts and Anglo-American (but not French) settlements, and at one point controlled nine of eleven British forts in the Ohio Valley. They destroyed Fort Sandusky. In July 1763, Pontiac defeated a British detachment at the Battle of Bloody Run, but he was unable to capture the fort. In October, he lifted the siege and withdrew to the Illinois Country, where
Detroit, Illinois Detroit, Illinois Detroit, Illinois is a village in Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 83 at the 2010 census, a decline from 93 in 2000. Detroit was laid out in 1837, taking its name after Detroit, Michigan. A post office was established at Detroit in 1845, and remained in operation until the 1970s. Detroit is located at . According to the 2010 census, Detroit has a total area of , all land. As of the 2000 census, there were 93 people, 37 households, and 21 families residing in the village. The population density was 388.7 people per square