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The Shawnees and the war for America

Long before the American Revolution, the Shawnees lived in Ohio, hunted in Kentucky, and traveled as far afield as Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Missouri. White settlers, however, sharply curtailed their freedom. With the courage and resilience embodied by their legendary leader Tecumseh, the Shawnee tribe waged a war of territorial and cultural resistance that lasted for more than sixty years. For a time the Shawnees and their allies met American forces on nearly equal terms?but their story is of an embattled nation fighting to maintain its cultural and political independence.Here is the account of the early American settlers? drive to occupy the West, the Shawnees? unwavering defense of their homeland, and the bitter battles that resulted. Here too are the alliances that the Shawnees forged with their Indian neighbors to present a united resistance, as well as instances of cooperation, collaboration, and intermarriage between the opposing forces.

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Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Pages
216

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2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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2008, Penguin Publishing Group
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Table of Contents

The Shawnees and their neighbors
The greatest travelers in America
Taking on the British Empire
The travails of Cornstalk
Neglected like bastards
Blue Jacket and the Northwestern Confederation
Black Hoof and the Wapakoneta way
The visions of Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh
Removals and survivals
Afterword.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Series
The Penguin library of American Indian history

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
974.004/97317
Library of Congress
E83.775 C355 2007, E83.775 .C355 2007, E83.775C355 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
216

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17890456M
Internet Archive
shawneeswarforam00call
ISBN 13
9780670038626
LCCN
2007013496
OCLC/WorldCat
123119554
Library Thing
3028187
Goodreads
1502103

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