قراءة كتاب The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812
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The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812
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THE LAND OF THE MIAMIS
By Elmore Barce
Member of the State and National Bar Associations
Member Indiana State Historical Society
Author "Land of the Potawatomi"
An Account of the Struggle to
Secure Possession of the North-West
from the End of the Revolution until 1812.
Fowler, Indiana
THE BENTON REVIEW SHOP
1922
Copyrighted, 1922, by the
Benton Review Shop, Fowler, Ind.
Photos and Maps by
Lieut. Don Heaton
Dedicated to
CARRIE MAY BARCE
My Wife.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| A BRIEF RETROSPECT—A general view of the Indian Wars of the Early Northwest | 1 |
| WHAT THE VIRGINIANS GAVE US—A topographical description of the country north of the Ohio at the close of Revolutionary War | 6 |
| THE BEAVER TRADE—A description of the wealth in furs of this section at the close of the Revolutionary War and the reasons underlying the struggle for its control | 12 |
| THE PRAIRIE AND THE BUFFALO—The buffalo as the main food supply of the Indians | 20 |
| THE WABASH AND THE MAUMEE—Chief line of communication with the tribes of the Early Northwest. The heart of the Miami country | 34 |
| THE TRIBES OF THE NORTHWEST—A description of the seven tribes of savages who opposed the advance of settlement in the Northwest. Their location. Kekionga, the seat of Miami power | 44 |
| REAL SAVAGES—The Savage painted in his true colors from the standpoint of the frontiersman | 68 |
| OUR INDIAN POLICY—The Indian right of occupancy recognized through the liberal policy of Washington and Jefferson | 80 |
| THE KENTUCKIANS—The first men to break through the mountain barriers to face the British and the Indians | 112 |
| THE BRITISH POLICIES—The British reluctant to surrender the control of the Northwest—Their tampering with the Indian tribes | 126 |
| JOSIAH HARMAR—The first military invasion of the Northwest by the Federal Government after the Revolution | 145 |
| SCOTT AND WILKINSON—The Kentucky raids on the Miami country along the Wabash in 1791 | 173 |
| ST. CLAIR'S DEFEAT—The first great disaster to the Federal armies brought about by the Miamis | 195 |
| WAYNE AND FALLEN TIMBERS—Final triumph of the Government over Indians and British | 207 |
| THE TREATY OF GREENVILLE—The surrender of the Ohio lands of the Miamis and their final submission to the government | 238 |
| GOVERNOR HARRISON AND THE TREATY—Purchase of the Miami lands known as the New Purchase which led to the strengthening of Tecumseh's Confederacy—the final struggle at Tippecanoe | 245 |
| RESULTS OF THE TREATY—Harrison's political enemies at Vincennes rally against him in the open, and are defeated in the courts | 271 |
| THE SHAWNEE BROTHERS—The Prophet as an Indian priest and Tecumseh as a political organizer —The episode of the eclipse of 1806—Tecumseh's personal appearance described | 280 |
| PROPHET'S TOWN—The capital of the Shawnee Confederacy in the heart of the Miami Country | 295 |
| HARRISON'S VIGILANCE—His political courage and activities save the frontier capital | 305 |
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