Author

Publication

2001 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

120,000 words, Guess

Page Count

480 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC977.3/11
  • LCCF548.4 .Q2 2001
  • LCCF548.4.Q2 2001

Description

This volume by history professor Milo Quaife was intended as a readable popular history and also an up-to-date (early 20th century) scholarly explanation of the significant place of Chicago in the struggle for the Northwest. Chapter headings: The Chicago Portage Chicago in the Seventeenth Century The Fox Wars: A Half-Century of Conflict Chicago in the Revolution The Fight for the Northwest The Founding of Fort Dearborn Nine years of Garrison Life The Indian Utopia The Outbreak of War The Battle and Defeat The Fate of the Survivors The New Fort Dearborn The Indian Trade War and the Plague The Vanishing of the Red Man There are nine appendixes containing accounts of the Fort Dearborn massacre, and a 20-page annotated bibliography.

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  • Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835: a study of the evolution of the northwestern frontier, together with a history of Fort DearbornUniversity of Illinois Press2001-01-01
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