Charlot Kaské (

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1763–1765) was a

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war chief during

Pontiac's War Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War (1754– ...

. Kaské's personal details were unusual for a Shawnee chief: he was a Catholic, his father was German, and his wife was an English captive brought up among the Shawnees. Kaské initially participated in the war, which was an effort to prevent the British from occupying the

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, as an ally of Pontiac. As the war progressed and went badly for the American Indians, Pontiac began to negotiate with the British. Kaské remained firmly anti-British, however, and eventually left British territory by crossing the

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with other French and Indian refugees rather than accept British rule.

References

*Dixon, David. ''Never Come to Peace Again: Pontiac's Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. . *Dowd, Gregory Evans. ''War under Heaven: Pontiac, the Indian Nations, & the British Empire''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. , (paperback). * White, Richard. ''The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815''. Cambridge University Press, 1991. . Indigenous people of Pontiac's War 18th-century Shawnee people Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown Shawnee leaders {{NorthAm-mil-bio-stub