Pontiac's War
The conflict is named after its most famous participant, the Odawa leader Pontiac. Other names include "Pontiac's War", "Pontiac's Rebellion", and "Pontiac's Uprising". An early name for the war was the "Kiyasuta and Pontiac War". "Kiyasuta" is a different spelling for Guyasuta, an important Seneca/Mingo leader. The war became widely known as "Pontiac's Conspiracy" after Francis Parkman published a book named The Conspiracy of Pontiac in 1851. This important book has been the definitive account of the war for nearly 100 years, and is still made.