Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835
a study of the evolution of the northwestern frontier, together with a history of Fort Dearborn
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Author
Publication
2001 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
120,000 words, Guess
Page Count
480 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6788742M
- ISBN-10025202656X
- OCLC Control Number45068542
- Internet Archivechicagooldnorthw0000quai
- Library of Congress Control Number00047668
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- Goodreads4675442
- LibraryThing577878
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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