

Nonetheless, the Indian rioting was only settled when the treaty of Paris was signed in 1763. When other French officers realized how much of a problem this was becoming, they complained.

After a capture at Fort William Henry, they killed hundreds of surrendered British soldiers and civilians in a rage, because they were forbidden to loot them. This led to disagreements, however, when Indians wanted the personal possessions of British and American prisoners, which the French would not allow them to take.

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The Indians were very enthusiastic to be on the French side, since Vaudreul-Cavagnal gave them free reign to attack the British settlements and obtain free weapons. He strengthened ties with Indian forces by dressing himself as one of them and learning their language. French major Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal realized the potential of having Indian allies. They were upset that the Americans were listening to British orders and giving them less and less land to live on. The reason the Indians were involved in the French and Indian War was because the British were taking control over their land. Indian from Death of General Wolfe painting by Benjamin West in 1770 | Public domain image The Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, Montauk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Creek, Chickasaw, and Tuscarora were fighting with the American-British forces. The main tribes at this time were the Shawnee, Sandusky Seneca, Wea, and Kickapoo on the French side. It was known as the Seven Years War in Europe, where additional battles were fought between the English and French. It received its title because the war was Britain and its American colonies fighting against the French and their Indian allies. The French and Indian War was a conflict between the American colonists and the French over control of the Ohio Valley and the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers-modern day Pittsburgh.
