Restoring the chain of friendship : British policy and the Indians of the Great Lakes, 1783-1815 /

During the American Revolution the British enjoyed a unified alliance with their Native allies in the Great Lakes region of North America. By the War of 1812, however, that "chain of friendship" had devolved into smaller, more local alliances. To understand how and why this pivotal shift o...

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Main Author: Willig, Timothy D. (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The chain of friendship in the colonial past
  • The quest for a just peace, 1783-95
  • A new diplomacy at Amherstburg, 1796-1803
  • British-Indian relations in the north, 1796-1802
  • A new society on the Grand River, 1784-1801
  • John Norton and the continuing struggle at the Grand River, 1801-12
  • Restoring the chain of friendship in the west and in the north, 1801-12
  • Epilogue: Reassessing the chain of friendship, 1812 and beyond.