The Franco-Indian-British War?
(Orleanese War 1724-1732)
The French and it's Wyandot allies recaptures Fort Niagara
The arrival of french settlers in the Great Lakes region and the Ohio River Valley was complex for the natives. The sudden growth of areas such as Detróit, which, due to commercial advantages, had several villages of the tribes allied with the french, greatly affected the native population, with settlers having for the first time a close contact with the natives of the region. Nevertheless, the reaction was primarily peaceful and also of mutual benefit, with natives showing the settlers their main trails and the settlers yielding their knowledge to the natives, one of which was that of raising livestock, especially cattle. This saw a resuscitation of the beaver population, and soon, from commerce, the contact also made some communities to dive with each other, this happened mainly with the Wyandot, Mi'kmaq and Odawa. In the case of the Mi'kmaq, his military contribution moved Philippe de Rigaud to transform 420 Mi'kmaq warriors into an elite unit of the colonial army. But it's not all peace and roses, or as a Canadien would say: "Pas tant que les Iroquois existent..."
The Haudenosaunee startled this colonial growth right outside their door, and soon reacted, others significantly upset were the Shawnee and Lenape, who began losing villages to french settlers in the Ohio River Valley, and the fact that their presence wouldn't stop increasing doesn't help much, in which case only the number of discontents has only increased. The Iroquois managed to secure british arms support, and so in 1723 an indigenous coalition between the Haudenosaunees, Shawnees, Lenapes, Miamis, and Weas is formed.
On May 18, 1724, 240 indian warriors began the revolt, attacking the french fort at Checagou by surprise, followed by attacks on the forts of St. Joseph, Michilimackinac, Pêcheville [OTL Cleveland], Pecanny [OTL Pittsburgh], Detróit and Niagara. This sequence of attacks received a harsh response from the settlers and their native allies, while the indians managed to capture the forts of Michilimackinac, St.-Joseph, Niagara, and Pechanne. Detróit, Laurensbourg and Checagou held back the attacks, and it is not as if the settlers were very happy about the attacks.
The year of 1725 was the response of the settlers, who had no piety in massacring the Miamis after the Battle of Bellemonté [Fought in OTL Auburn, IN], where after the battle, in addition to massacring the Miamis, they founded Bellemonté at the battle site (on top of a mount, duh) and soon after massacred the Miami settlement of Kekionga, forcing the tribe to recognize French sovereignty over the tribe's territories in exchange for being entitled to the protection of their land against settler abuse, the french soon would call this system "Tribus Associées". The Weas were the second to surrender as they were attacking in conjunction with the Miamis, becoming yet another of the "Tribus Associées".
In the east, the Hurons and Wyandots helped the french to defeat the Haudenosaunees and Eries in the Battles of Toronto (Late 1725) and Le Roy [OTL Rochester, NY] (Summer 1726). In 1727, the Eries surrendered and the Shawnee a decisive defeat at the Battle of the Tears [Fought in OTL Indiana, PA], forcing them to surrender in 1728. Leaving the Haudenosaunee alone against the settlers, already reinforced by french crown arms and supplies.
The British, seeing the disaster that was happening, decided to intervene directly in the war, but through their colonists. New York and Pennsylvania militias with the support of 2.300 regular british soldiers intervened in 1729, with the Iroquois already under constant attack and looting from french raiding parties. The first confrontation between the french and the British took place near OTL Norwich, NY with the british completely defeating an french raiding party, and with the support of the redcoats, they released the iroquoian territories east of Lake Oneida from french attacks.
The report of "Redcoats" fighting on iroquoian soil by french settlers made the situation in France turns into emergency, with 14.400 french troops from the continent being sent to fight the Anglo-Iroquoin alliance in 1730 and 1731, the troops would be under the administration of a prominent settler in the war, Jean Lannes (Calm down, it's just the grandfather of the Jean Lannes we all know). The first battle of these new forces would be fought at the Battle of Fort Oswego, a fort raised by new yorkers in response to the growing french presence in the region, the french captured the fort after leaving victorious in battle and immediately headed for Albany, where they bombed the city to submission.
The amazing total advance of the french forces in the colony of New York in the period of 1730-31 broke the face of the British. In 1731, Jean Lannes led the colonial troops against 4.400 militiamen defending Poughkeepsie, this counted another victory for the french. In 1732, Jean Lannes began the siege of New York, while Louisiana's militias began attacks on the border with the Colony of Virginia.
The war ended shortly afterwards with the british and french governments signing the Quebéc Accord, establishing the end of british influence on the Great Lakes, with the New York border having to be established in a progression of the OTL cities of Binghamton-Cooperstown-Saratoga. The Iroquois were severely weakened by the loss of contact with the Great Lakes, and basically all the other tribes that helped the Iroquois became "Tribus Associées", and nothing else would stop french influence in the region. The tribes that helped the french during the war gained land and benefits within the colonial system, as well as the post of "Tribus Spéciales". After the Orleanese War, New France would see little more than a decade of peace, even with Europe going back to war. At the end of the Orleanese War and the advent of the Polish War of Succession on the continent, the population of New France would be 508.971, 94.589 in Louisiana and 414.382 in the rest of the colony.
