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Author:

Mann, Barbara Alice, 1947-

Title:

George Washington's war on Native America / Barbara Alice Mann.

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

295 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Northwest, Old--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
Northwest, Old--Indians.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Indians.
United States--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
United States--Indians.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Indians.
Washington, George,--1732-1799--Relations with Indians.
Indians of North America--Wars--1775-1783.
Iroquois Indians--History--18th century.
Indians of North America--Northwest, Old--History--18th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--Northwest, Old.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-258) and index.

Contents:

"The vile hands of the savages" : countdown to total war, 1775-1778 -- "Shooting pigeons" : the Goose van Schaick sweep through Onondaga, April 1779 -- "The wolves of the forest" : the Brodhead march up the Allegheny, August-September 1779 -- "Extirpate those hell-hounds from off the face of the earth" : the Sullivan-Clinton campaign, 9 August-30 September 1779 -- "Keep that nest of hornets quiet" : the Ohio campaigns of 1779-1781 -- "Two mighty gods with their mouth wide open" : settler assaults on Ohio, 1782.

ISBN:

0803216351
9780803216358

OCLC:

(OCoLC)221148132

LCCN:

2008036506

Locations:

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)