A gathering of rivers : Indians, Métis, and mining in the Western Great Lakes, 1737-1832 / Lucy Eldersveld Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Winnebago Indians--Economic conditions--18th century.

Fox Indians--Economic conditions--18th century.

Sauk Indians (Algonquian)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Sauk Indians (Algonquian).

Economic conditions.

Fox Indians.

Winnebago Indians.

Great Lakes Region (North America)--Ethnic relations.

Métis--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Métis.

Physical Description:

xviii, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2000.

Contents:

Who's Who in the Fox-Wisconsin Region xvii

Introduction: Indians and Waves of Immigration 1

Part 1 The Fur Trade and the Creation of Accommodation

1. Native American Village Economies and the Fur Trade in the Mid-Eighteenth Century 19

2. Creole Communities 45

Part 2 Lead Mining

Adaptation and Conflict

3. The Expansion of Native American Lead Mining 79

4. The Lead Rush 101

Part 3 Adaptation and Removal

5. Indian Economic Development, Settlers, and the Erosion of Accommodation 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0803232101

OCLC:

43590434