Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814

Contents [Includes Maps]

Contents xvii preface to the paperback edition, David Curtis Skaggs and Larry L. Nelson xxiii introduction, Larry L. Nelson and David Curtis Skaggs 1 The Sixty Years’ War for the Great Lakes, 1754–1814: An Overview, David Curtis Skaggs 21 French Imperial Policy for the Great Lakes Basin, W. J. Eccles 43 Henry Bouquet and British Infantry Tactics on the Ohio Frontier, 1758–1764, Charles E. Brodine Jr. 63 The Microbes of War: The British Army and Epidemic Disease among the Ohio Indians, 1758–1765, Matthew C. Ward — vi — C o n t e n t s 79 Charles-Michel Mouet de Langlade: Warrior, Soldier, and Intercultural “Window” on the Sixty Years’ War for the Great Lakes, Michael A. McDonnell 105 The Iroquois and the Native American Struggle for the Ohio Valley, 1754–1794, Jon W. Parmenter 125 The French Connection: The Interior French and Their Role in FrenchBritish Relations in the Western Great Lakes Region, 1760–1775, Keith R. Widder 145 “Ignorant bigots and busy rebels”: The American Revolution in the Western Great Lakes, Susan Sleeper-Smith 167 Fortress Detroit, 1701–1826, Brian Leigh Dunnigan 187 Rethinking the Gnadenhutten Massacre: The Contest for Power in the Public World of the Revolutionary Pennsylvania Frontier, Leonard Sadosky 215 War as Cultural Encounter in the Ohio Valley, Elizabeth A. Perkins 227 Liberty and Power in the Old Northwest, 1763–1800, Eric Hinderaker 243 Supper and Celibacy: Quaker-Seneca Reflexive Missions, Robert S. Cox 275 The Mohawk/Oneida Corridor: The Geography of Inland Navigation Across New York, Philip Lord Jr. 291 Iroquois External Affairs, 1807–1815: The Crisis of the New Order, Carl Benn 303 The Firelands: Land Speculation and the War of 1812, R. Douglas Hurt — vii — C on te n ts 325 Reluctant Warriors: British North Americans and the War of 1812, E. Jane Errington 337 Forgotten Allies: The Loyal Shawnees and the War of 1812, R. David Edmunds 353 “To Obtain Command of the Lakes”: The United States and the Contest for Lakes Erie and Ontario, 1812–1815, Jeff Seiken 373 The Meanings of the Wars for the Great Lakes, Andrew R. L. Cayton 391 about the editors and contributors 397 index E. White W o l f W i s c o n s i n M i s s i s s i p p i I l l i n o i s R o c k K a s k a s k i a K a n k a k e e M i s s o u r i W a b a s h S c i o t o G r e a t M i a m i S t . J o s e p h M a u m e e M u s k e g o n G r a n d M i s s i s s i p p i O h i o R a i s i n K e n t u c k y F o x S a n d u s k y Lake Nipigon Rainy Lake Lake St. Clair L a k e S u p e r i o r L a k e M i c h i g a n L a k e P a y s d’ e n h a u t ( n o t a t i o n a l l i m i t ) Detroit Ft. La Baye Michilimackinac St.Louis Ft. de Chartres Sault Ste. Marie Prairie du Chien Straits of Mackinac OJIBWA ( C H I P P E W A ) SHAWNEE O T T A W A MIAMI O J I B W A MISSISAUGA OJ I B WA MENOMINEE W IN N EBAG O POTAWATOMI SAUK (WEA) KICKAPOO S t . L a w r e n c e M u s k i n g u m F r e n c h O h i o H u d s o n M o h a w k C o n n e c t i c u t R i c h e l i e u O t t a w a J u n i a t a D e l a w a r e S u s q u e h a n n a P...