WINDING UP THE INDIAN WAR Amherst was weary of America.

Early in the summer of 1763 he had asked to be relieved of his command; but it was not until October that General Thomas Gage, then in charge of the government of Montreal, was appointed to succeed him, and not until November 17, the day after Gage arrived in New York, that Amherst sailed for England.
The new commander-in-chief was not as great a general as Amherst.

It is doubtful if he could have planned and brought to a successful conclusion such campaigns as the siege of Louisbourg and the threefold march of 1760 on Montreal, which have given his predecessor a high place in the military history of North America.

But Gage was better suited for winding up the Indian war.

He knew the value of the officers familiar with the Indian tribes, and was ready to act on their advice.