Restoring the chain of friendship : British policy and the Indians of the Great Lakes, 1783-1815 / Timothy D. Willig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willig, Timothy D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Treaties.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Government relations.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Treaties.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

United States.

United States--History--1783-1815.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the American Revolution the British enjoyed a unified alliance with their Native allies in the Great Lakes region of North America. By the War of 1812, however, that "chain of friendship" had devolved into smaller, more local alliances. To understand how and why this pivotal shift occurred, Restoring the Chain of Friendship examines British and Native relations in the Great Lakes region between the end of the American Revolution and the end of the War of 1812.

Contents:

Introduction: The chain of friendship in the colonial past

The quest for a just peace, 1783-95

A new diplomacy at Amherstburg, 1796-1803

British-Indian relations in the north, 1796-1802

A new society on the Grand River, 1784-1801

John Norton and the continuing struggle at the Grand River, 1801-12

Restoring the chain of friendship in the west and in the north, 1801-12

Epilogue: Reassessing the chain of friendship, 1812 and beyond.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-24144-X

9786611241445

0-8032-2203-3

OCLC:

476136090