The History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac and the War of the North American Tribes Against the English Colonies after the Conquest of Canada (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

Anglický jazyk

The History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac and the War of the North American Tribes Against the English Colonies after the Conquest of Canada (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

Vydavateľstvo: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Rok vydania: 2011
Formát: Hardback
Rozmer: 286 x 221 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781169851634

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O knihe

(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1855. Parkman, American historian, studied and wrote about the history of Canada and the early Northwest. In this volume Parkman aims to tell the story of the American forest and the American Indian at the period when both received their final doom. The conquest of Canada signaled the end for these two groups; destined to melt and vanish before the advancing waves of Anglo-American power, which rolled westward unchecked and unopposed. Contents: Indian Tribes East of the Mississippi; France and England in America; The French, the English and the Indians; Collision of the Rival Colonies; The Wilderness and its Tenants at the Close of the French War; The English take Possession of the Western Posts; Anger of the Indians-The Conspiracy; Indian Preparation; The Council at the River Ecorces; Detroit; Treachery of Pontiac; Pontiac at the Siege of Detroit; Rout of Cuyler's Detachment-Fate of the Forest Garrisons; The Indians Continue to Blockade Detroit; The Fight at Bloody Ridge; Michillimackinac; The Massacre; Frontier Forts and Settlements; The War on the Borders; The Battle of Bushy Run; The Iroquois-Ambuscade of the Devil's Hole; Desolation of the Frontiers; The Indians Raise the Siege of Detroit; The Paxton Men; The Rioters on Philadelphia; Bradstreet's Army on the Lakes; Bouquet Forces the Delawares and Shawanoes to Sue for Peace; The Illinois; Pontiac Rallies the Western Tribes; Ruin of the Indian Cause; and Death of Pontiac. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.