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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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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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