Historian Alan Taylor doubts that the Indians would have attacked Pittsburgh, but other historians disagree. Andrew E. Masich says that the Indians were led by a chief named Tecumseh who led Delaware, Huron and Wyandot warriors whose land had been taken by insatiable white settlers.
They found a good ally in the British who were quick to enlist their help, arm them and treat them with respect. The British commander in Canada was Isaac Brock who hit it off with Tecumseh, regarding him as a noble Indian and a man of great genius.
Against William Hull at Fort Detroit, Brock and Tecumseh's men were greatly outnumbered by the Americans who had nearly twice their number. They made the Americans think they were the ones vastly outnumbered. One ploy was to have soldiers and Indians each light a campfire instead of a mess where just one fire would be lit for many men. Americans peering over the fort's walls saw many campfires around them and were led to believe that they were the ones outnumbered.
--Brock-Perry
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