Seeds of empire : the American revolutionary conquest of the Iroquois

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mintz, Max M.

Series:

World of war.

The world of war

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779.

Local Subjects:

Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : NYU Press, 1999.

Summary:

"The American Revolution was a struggle not only for independence, but for the lands of Native Americans. The jewel in this conflict was the upstate New York domain of the Iroquois Six Nations, where fertile river valleys were a magnet for farmers weary of New England's stubborn soil." "While at first intentionally neutral, the Iroquois were soon forced to choose sides between either rebel or British forces. Seeds of Empire recreates the events surrounding General John Sullivan's scorched-earth campaign against the Six Nations of the American Indians of New York and the Eastern territories in 1779, following the surrender of General John Burgoyne's entire British army at the Battle of Saratoga. Abandoned by both the rebels and the British at the end of the revolution and devastated by the ravages of war, the Iroquois found themselves powerless to resist the post-Revolutionary takeover and peopling of their heartland by the new American nation."--Jacket

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

MAPS

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER 1 IN HIS STEPS

CHAPTER 2 ''BLOOD OVER THE EARTH''

CHAPTER 3 NO QUARTER

CHAPTER 4 ''WE DESTROYED MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN''

CHAPTER 5 MISSION DEVASTATION

CHAPTER 6 CRY MASSACRE

CHAPTER 7 ''A SOIL WORTH CONTENDING FOR''

CHAPTER 8 RESISTANCE

CHAPTER 9 SHORTFALL

CHAPTER 10 AMBUSH

CHAPTER 11 ''TO EXTIRPATE US FROM THE EARTH''

CHAPTER 12 ''BETWEEN TWO HELLS''

CHAPTER 13 BETRAYAL

EPILOGUE

ABBREVIATIONS

NOTES

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-222) and index.

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ISBN:

9781479880225

1479880221

9780585350486

0585350485

9780814737989

0814737986

OCLC:

913695308