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Great Indian chiefs : a study of Indian leaders in the two hundred year struggle to stop the white advance / by Albert Britt.

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  • ISBN: 0836900065
  • ISBN: 9780836900064
  • Physical Description: 280 pages, [8] leaves of plates : portraits ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Freeport, N.Y. : Books for Libraries Press, 1969.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published 1938"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280).
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface -- Tragedy of the Indian -- King Philip : the Wampanoag mystery -- Joseph Brant : the Iroquois statesman -- Pontiac : the chief who called the nations together -- Tecumseh : the Shawnee who dreamed of empire -- Black Hawk : the Sauk who fought for his village -- Sitting Bull : war chief or swindler? -- Captain Jack : an Indian David -- Chief Joseph : master strategist -- Indian bibliography.
Subject:
Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags, -1676.
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807.
Pontiac, Ottawa Chief, -1769.
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.
Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838.
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890.
Jack, Captain, Modoc Chief, -1873.
Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904.
Indians of North America > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Indians of North America > History.

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The tragedy of the Indian.
King Philip, the Wampanog mystery.
Joseph Brant, the Iroquois statesman.
Pontiac, the chief who called the nations together.
Tecumseh, the Shawnee who dreamed of empire.
Black Hawk, the Sauk who fought for his village.
Sitting Bull, war chief or swindler?
Captain Jack, an Indian David.
Chief Joseph, master strategist.
Indian bibliography (p. 275-280)