He warned Henry that he, Wawatam, had had bad dreams during the winter, in which he had been disturbed "by the noises of evil birds", and gave him other roundabout warnings that the Indians of different tribes were going to attack the British garrison at Michili-Makinak, and endeavour to destroy all the English in Upper Canada.

Henry did not pay over much attention to this warning, because "the Indian manner of speech is so extravagantly figurative".
The King's birthday was celebrated with, no doubt, somewhat tipsy rejoicings in the summer of 1763.

The Ojibwe Indians outside the fort pretended they were going to have a great game of La Crosse with the S[-a]ki or "Fox" Indians.

This game was got up to find a pretext for entering the fort and taking the British officers and garrison at a disadvantage.

Some of the officers and soldiers, suspecting nothing in the way of danger, were outside the fort by the waterside.