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Ball Game that Cost 22 Lives reenactment at Mackinac Fort
The fort at Mackinac Island hosts a June 4 1783 re-enactment of the Indian bate game at Michilimackinac tied to Pontiac’s uprising. A crowd observes the sport while tensions escalate and a massacre follows with soldiers and traders slain or taken prisoner.
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Elmo Scott Watson Uring
Chicago
Sfar
Michigan
Fort Michilimackinge
Comstock
Mackinaw City
Mackinac
Straits of Mackinac
Lake Auron
Lake Michigan
Michilimackinac
Jean Nicolet
Radisson
Grosettiers
Joliet
Perot
la Salle
Father Allovez
Father Marquette
St. Ignace
France
America
England
Milchimackinac
George Ethrington
Ethrington
Detroit
Alexander Henry
Wawatam
Henry
Michilimackinacs
Liquar
Wanatam
Baggatiwar
Merry
Montreal
Mr. Tracy
Jamette
Evan
Tracy
Lesie
L'Arbre Croche
Sinclair
Mackinac Island
Henry Bopbeck
Cutler
United States Army
Fort Mackinac
Michigan State Park