The Fox wars : the Mesquakie challenge to New France / by R. David Edmunds and Joseph L. Peyser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edmunds, R. David (Russell David), 1939-

Contributor:

Peyser, Joseph L., 1925-

Series:

Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 211.

The Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 211

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fox Indians--Wars.

Fox Indians.

Fox Indians--Government relations.

Fox Indians--History--Sources.

Ethnohistory--New France.

Ethnohistory.

History.

War.

Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803--Sources.

Mississippi River Valley.

New France--Politics and government.

New France.

Physical Description:

xix, 282 pages : illustrations ;c22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1993]

Summary:

This is the saga of the Fox (or Mesquakie) Indians' struggle to maintain their identity in the face of colonial New France during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The Foxes occupied central Wisconsin, where for a long time they had warred with the Sioux and, more recently, had opposed the extension of the French firearm-and-fur trade with their western enemies. Caught between the Sioux anvil and the French hammer, the Foxes enlisted other tribes' support and maintained their independence until the late 1720s. Then the French treacherously offered them peace before launching a campaign of annihilation against them. The Foxes resisted valiantly, but finally were overwhelmed and took sanctuary among the Sac Indians, with whom they are closely associated to this day.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-269) and index.

ISBN:

0806125519

OCLC:

28017380