George Washington's war on Native America

Title:

Author:

Mann, Barbara Alice, 1947-

ISBN:

9780313057809

Personal Author:

Mann, Barbara Alice, 1947-

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 295 p.) : maps.

Series:

Native America,

Native America (Praeger Publishers)

Contents:

Introduction : "Niggur-in-law to old Sattan" : how the West was really won -- "The vile hands of the savages" : countdown to total war, 1775-1778 -- "Shooting pigeons" : the Goose Van Schaick sweep through Onondaga, April 1779 -- "The wolves of the forest" : the Brodhead march up the Allegheny, August-September 1779 -- "Extirpate those hell-hounds from off the face of the earth" : the Sullivan-Clinton campaign, 9 August-30 September 1779 -- "Keep that nest of hornets quiet" : the Ohio campaigns of 1779-1781 -- "Two mighty gods with their mouth wide open" : settler assaults on Ohio, 1782.

Personal Subject:

Washington, George, 1732-1799-Relations with Indians.

Subject Term:

Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1775-1783.

Iroquois Indians -- History -- 18th century.

Indians of North America -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 18th century.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest, Old.

HISTORY.

Geographic Term:

Northwest, Old -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.

Northwest, Old -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Indians.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.