These words were probably intended to humour the chief; but there were those who took the belt and commenced recruiting among their fellows.

The settlers who joined Pontiac were nearly all half-breeds or men mated with Indian wives.
Others, such as Pierre Reaume and Louis Campau, believing their lives to be in danger on account of their loyalty to the new rulers, sought shelter in the fort.
By July 4 the Indians, under the direction of French allies, had strongly entrenched themselves and had begun a vigorous attack.

But a force of about sixty men marched out from the fort and drove them from the position.

In the retreat two Indians were killed, and one of the pursuing soldiers, who had been a prisoner among the Indians and had learned the ways of savage warfare, scalped one of the fallen braves.

The victim proved to be a nephew of the chief of the Saginaw Chippewas, who now claimed life for life, and demanded that Captain Campbell should be given up to him.