Uncommon Defense - Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War

Klappentext In the spring of 1832! when the Indian warrior Black Hawk and a thousand followers marched into Illinois to reoccupy lands ceded to American settlers! the U.S. Army turned to rival tribes for military support. In order to grasp Indian motives! Hall explores their alliances in earlier wars with colonial powers and in intertribal conflicts. Zusammenfassung In the spring of 1832! when the Indian warrior Black Hawk and a thousand followers marched into Illinois to reoccupy lands ceded to American settlers! the U.S. Army turned to rival tribes for military support. In order to grasp Indian motives! Hall explores their alliances in earlier wars with colonial powers and in intertribal conflicts.

Product details

• Authors: John W. Hall
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9780674035188
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03518-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Relating to Native American people, US Midwest, HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas