Vol. III (v. 18, p. 1-222): This volume traces the decline of French dominance of the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi from 1743, when the Sioux allied themselves with the Fox [Mesquakie], to 1760, when the British took control of Mackinac.The third of three volumes, this volume includes many documents that illuminate the role played by Wisconsin's various population groups and economic interests during the American Revolution. An index appears at the end of the volume.
Vol. III (v. 18, p. 1-222): This volume traces the decline of French dominance of the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi from 1743, when the Sioux allied themselves with the Fox [Mesquakie], to 1760, when the British took control of Mackinac.The third of three volumes, this volume includes many documents that illuminate the role played by Wisconsin's various population groups and economic interests during the American Revolution. An index appears at the end of the volume.
Vol. III (v. 18, p. 1-222): This volume traces the decline of French dominance of the fur trade region of the upper Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi from 1743, when the Sioux allied themselves with the Fox [Mesquakie], to 1760, when the British took control of Mackinac.The third of three volumes, this volume includes many documents that illuminate the role played by Wisconsin's various population groups and economic interests during the American Revolution. An index appears at the end of the volume.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Facing East from Miami Country -- 2 The National Trinity -- 3 Prophetstown for Their Own Purposes -- 4 Vincennes, the Politics of Slavery, and the Indian "Threat" -- 5 The Battles of Tippecanoe -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Book is based on the letters and journals of European traders, missionaries, and officials who visited the Huron, Miami, Ottawa, Potawatomi and Chippewa tribes between 1615 and 1760.
The first comprehensive history of Native American tribes in Wisconsin, this thorough and thoroughly readable account follows Wisconsin’s Indian communities—Ojibwa, Potawatomie, Menominee, Winnebago, Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Ottawa—from the 1600s through 1960. Written for students and general readers, it covers in detail the ways that native communities have striven to shape and maintain their traditions in the face of enormous external pressures. The author, Robert E. Bieder, begins by describing the Wisconsin region in the 1600s—both the natural environment, with its profound significance for Native American peoples, and the territories of the many tribal cultures throughout the region—and then surveys experiences with French, British, and, finally, American contact. Using native legends and historical and ethnological sources, Bieder describes how the Wisconsin communities adapted first to the influx of Indian groups fleeing the expanding Iroquois Confederacy in eastern America and then to the arrival of fur traders, lumber men, and farmers. Economic shifts and general social forces, he shows, brought about massive adjustments in diet, settlement patterns, politics, and religion, leading to a redefinition of native tradition. Historical photographs and maps illustrate the text, and an extensive bibliography has many suggestions for further reading.
