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"Bushy Run Battlefield,"

by Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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1763. The engagement resulted in a victory for the British. (1) a Swiss born professional soldier (1) a tenth fort abandoned (1) an expedition was organized to march west to Fort Pitt and then to proceed north and west to re-estabish fallen forts. Colonel Henry Bouquet (1) an Ottawa chief in the Detroit areas (1) and the great strongholds of Pitt and Detroit under seige. The geographic area affected included the present states of Pennsylvania (1) August 1763 (1) commanded the expedition as it left Carlisle (1) Henry Bouquet; The British victory at Bushy Run was the critical turning point in Pontiac’s War. It also prevented the capture of Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh) and restored lines of communication between the frontier and eastern settlements. The British victor (1) Indian revolts quickly spread eastward. His plans were covert until 1763 when attacks on British outposts began. By the end of July (1) Indiana (1) information about the war filtered slowly east to the British high command. Once the scope of the situation was realized in late June (1) Michigan (1) New York (1) nine British forts were captured (1) Ohio (1) Pennsylvania on July 18th. Indian scouts observed Bouquet’s army marching west along Forbes Road and reported this to the large force of Indians surrounding Fort Pitt. The Indians decided to temporarily end their siege and attack the British expedition (1) Pontiac's War (1) retaliated against British policies and control following the collapse of New France at the close of the French and Indian War. Because of Pontiac’s successful advances against the British (1) Wisconsin and parts of Maryland and West Virginia. Truly this was the greatest Indian threat to the British colonies during the 18th century. Because the Indians so throroughly controlled the frontier (1)

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