Footnotes

• Provenance:
  By descent through the family
  
  Note:
  In September 1761 Lt.James Gorrell was sent from the British-held fort at Detroit to take possession of the forts at Michilimackinac and La Baye. Arriving at Michilimackinac he left a small garrison there under the command of Captain Etherington, and proceeded on to La Baye, arriving there in October. He spent the rest of that year and the following year at the fort making necessary repairs and establishing good relations with the Indians.
  
  In the spring of 1763 the Ottawa chief Pontiac organized a rebellion of the Upper Great Lakes tribes against the British. By June they had captured most of the western forts, but Pontiac was unable to capture the fort at Detroit, which was under the command of Major Henry Gladwin.
  
  In June 1763 Etherington wrote to Gorrell asking for his aid as Michilimackinac had been attacked and overrun by the Chippewas, and that he and a few others had sought safety with the Ottawas.
  
  Gorrell, accompanied by chiefs and their warriors who were friendly to the British, met with Etherington and were all safely delivered by their allies to Montreal in August of that year.
  
  Chief Ego-me-ney was speaker of the Ottawas and would have been part of the delegation who accompanied Gorrell and the other survivors to Montreal. The certificates from Gladwin and Sir William Johnson attest to his presence on this journey.
  
  
  Literature:
  Andrew J.Blackbird, History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, Ypsilanti Michigan 1887.pp 6,7.
  
  Lt. James Gorrell, Gorrell's Journal, commencing at Detroit September 8th. 1761 and ending at Montreal August 13th. 1763. Wisconsin Historical Collection.
  
  The Papers of Sir William Johnson, University of the State of New York, Albany 1921-1965.
  Report of an Indian Congress at Niagara, 15th.July 1764. "The Ottawa of L'Arbre Croache near Michillimackinac waited on Sir Wm. Johnson at.....to the number of..... with the following Chiefs, vizt. Kocuskum, Egorniney, and Nosawaquet. After delivering their Passes ( in which they were strongly recommended by Major Gladwin ) ...."

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