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How Native Americans Used A Ball Game To Infiltrate A Fort
Jul 3, 2026 ·
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How Native Americans Used A Ball Game To Infiltrate A Fort
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Before lacrosse became a modern sport with helmets, pads, and tiny goals, it was a massive Native American war game played across miles of open land. But in 1763, outside...
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Before lacrosse became a modern sport with helmets, pads, and tiny goals, it was a massive Native American war game played across miles of open land.
But in 1763, outside Fort Michilimackinac, the Ojibwe and Sauk used it for something even more dramatic: a deception so simple the British never saw it coming.
This is the bizarre but true story of how a ball game, an open fort gate, and one very badly timed lack of suspicion helped turn a sporting spectacle into one of the strangest infiltrations in North American military history.
Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).
New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.
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Bonus episodes, early access, and helping keep the podcast independent:
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But in 1763, outside Fort Michilimackinac, the Ojibwe and Sauk used it for something even more dramatic: a deception so simple the British never saw it coming.
This is the bizarre but true story of how a ball game, an open fort gate, and one very badly timed lack of suspicion helped turn a sporting spectacle into one of the strangest infiltrations in North American military history.
Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).
New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.
Support the show on Patreon
Bonus episodes, early access, and helping keep the podcast independent:
👉 https://patreon.com/wildhistoryofwar
Explore the show
👉 https://wildhistoryofwar.com
Contact: hello@wildhistoryofwar.com
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