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• ISBN: 0275981770 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780275981778 (alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xi, 295 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
• Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-258) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : "Niggur-in-law to old Sattan" : how the West was really won -- "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.

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Subject:

Northwest, Old > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns.
Northwest, Old > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Indians.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns.
United States > History > 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.

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