As news of the uprising reached General Jeffrey Amherst, he ordered Colonel Henry Bouquet to Fort Pitt to lift the siege. Bouquet's force included men from the 42nd and 77th Highlanders, 60th Royal Americans, Royal Artillery gunners, and frontiersmen. Along with approximately 500 soldiers, the expedition included 50 civilians to move 60,000 pounds of flour, 100 cattle, and 200 sheep. The condition of the British troops, the weather, bad road conditions, and the movement of livestock slowed the relief army. At Fort Ligonier, Bouquet decided to leave his wagons and livestock and use 340 pack horses to transport provisions. He planned to march to Bushy Run Station, rest the troops, and then set out for Fort Pitt under cover of night. In 1763, the uprising brought a siege at Fort Detroit on May 9; Fort Sandusky fell on May 16; Fort St. Joseph fell on May 25; Fort Miami fell on May 27; the siege of Fort Pitt began on May 29; Fort Ouiatenon fell on June 1; Fort Michilimackinac fell on June 2; Fort Ligonier was attacked on June 2; Fort Pitt's request for help reached Colonel Bouquet on June 4; Amherst ordered the 42nd and 77th to Bouquet on June 12; Fort Venango fell on June 16; Fort Le Boeuf fell on June 18; Fort Pesque Isle fell on June 22; Bouquet left Carlisle on July 15; arrived at Fort Bedford on July 25; arrived at Fort Ligonier on August 2; left Fort Ligonier on August 4; Native forces attacked Bouquet's relief force on August 5; the British defeated the Native forces at Bushy Run on August 6; and the British arrived at Fort Pitt on August 10. In 1764, British forces left Fort Pitt and marched into Ohio on October 3, and on October 25 Native forces signed a treaty and released their British prisoners.
