Pontiac 's War has traditionally been portrayed as a defeat for the Native Americans .
Scholars now usually view Pontiac 's War as a military stalemate : while the Native Americans had failed to drive away the British , the British were unable to conquer the Native Americans .
Pontiac 's War has traditionally been portrayed as a defeat for the Native Americans , but scholars now usually view it as a military stalemate : while the Native Americans had failed to drive away the British , the British were unable to conquer the Native Americans .