[Footnote: Morris and his companions got no farther than the rapids of the Maumee, where they were seized, stripped of clothing, and threatened with death.
Pontiac was now among the Miamis, still striving to get together a following to continue the war.

The prisoners were taken to Pontiac's camp.

But the Ottawa chief did not deem it wise to murder a British officer on this occasion, and Morris was released and forced to retrace his steps.

He arrived at Detroit after the middle of September, only to find that Bradstreet had already departed.

The story will be found in more detail in Parkman's _Conspiracy of Pontiac_.] Bradstreet was at Detroit by August 26, and at last the worn-out garrison of the fort could rest after fifteen months of exacting duties.