Re: But what about Bushy Run?

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: Here is a bit of controversy for y'all:

: "Let us not lose sight of the fact that the Indian fought for principles at Bushy Run. Let us not lose sight of the fact that Pontiac's War, or the Pontiac and Guyasuta War, as it is often called, was caused, like every other Indian War in American history, by the white man's breaking of treaties and agreements with the Indians. Most writers of Indian history do not accurately set forth the Indian's side of the story. Like Parkman [, in his book _The_Conspiracy_of_Pontiac_,] they speak of the 'dissimulation' of the Indian, when, as a matter of fact the real 'dissimulation' was not on the part of the Indian, but on the part of the white man. Like Parkman, they speak of Pontiac's War as a 'conspiracy,' as if it were a 'conspiracy' for the Indians to insist that the white man live up to his promises, treaties and agreements--as if it were a 'conspiracy' for the Indian to resist the invasion of his own country, acknowleged to be his in the treaties, promises, and agreements of the white man. Most writers of Indian history find it easy to vilify the Indian, easy to call him *savage*, but not so easy *to set forth all the facts in the case*."

: Sipe, C. Hale. _Fort_Ligonier_and_Its_Times_. Harrisburg, PA: Telegraph Press, 1933. page 212.


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