Posted July 31, 2015 by Brendan Roney
On July 31, 1763, a stretch of Parent's Creek, on the present site of Elmwood Cemetery, ran red with blood. Chief Pontiac, leading an alliance of several tribes, had begun a siege on the British in Fort Detroit on May 7th. On July 31st, a group of about 260 British soldiers intent on breaking the siege attacked Pontiac’s nearby encampment along the creek. Pontiac’s forces fought off their attackers, killing commanding officer Captain James Dalyell in the process. In reference to the battle's carnage, Parent's Creek earned a new name–Bloody Run. Today, much of the stream runs undergroun