Nothing in his life was more creditable than his bold determination to attend a council far from his hunting-ground, at which he would be surrounded by soldiers who had suffered treachery and cruelty at his hands--whose comrades he had tortured and murdered.
On July 23 there began at Oswego the grand council at which Sir William Johnson and Pontiac were the most conspicuous figures.

For three days the ceremonies and speeches continued; and on the third day Pontiac rose in the assembly and made a promise that he was faithfully to keep: 'I take the Great Spirit to witness,' he said, 'that what I am going to say I am determined steadfastly to perform...

While I had the French king by the hand, I kept a fast hold of it; and now having you, father, by the hand, I shall do the same in conjunction with all the western nations in my district.' Before the council ended Johnson presented to each of the chiefs a silver medal engraved with the words: 'A pledge of peace and friendship with Great Britain, confirmed in 1766.' He also loaded Pontiac and his brother chiefs with presents; then, on the last day of July, the Indians scattered to their homes.
For three years Pontiac, like a restless spirit, moved from camp to camp and from hunting-ground to hunting-ground.
There were outbreaks of hostilities in the Indian country, but in none of these did he take part.

His name never appears in the records of those three years.

His days of conspiracy were at an end.