Term: Fort Duquesne
Definition: a French military post on the site of the modern city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; when the British attacked it on July 9, 1755, Wisconsin Indians under Charles de Langlade helped defeat them in a dramatic victory.
[Source: Grignon, Augustin. "Seventy-two years' recollections of Wisconsin" at Turning Points in Wis. History (www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/).]
