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The Ball Game that Cost Lives in Mackinac Fort
A dramatic recounting of the 1763 Fort Michilimackinac massacre reenactment and the baggatiway game that preceded it. The account documents Wawatam, Henry, Ethrington, and the siege, the prison deaths, and the post’s later history through American and British control to its 1895 closure and current status as a Michigan state park.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Chicago
Michigan
Fort Michilimackinac
Comstock
Mackinaw City
Mackinac
Fort Michili- Tackinac
Pontiac
Straits of Mackinac
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Michilimackinac
Jean Nicolet
Radisson
Groselliers
Joliet
Perot
la Salle
Father Allouez
Father Marquette
St. Ignace
France
America
England
George Ethrington
Ethrington
Detroit
Alexander Henry
Wawatam
Henry
Sault
Grvive
Saul
Baggatiway
Merry
Jamette
Tracy
Leslie
L’arbre Croche
Montreal
Sinclair
Mackinac Island
Maj
Henry Burbeck
Butler
United States Army
Fort Mackinac