CHECAGOU FROM INDIAN WIGWAM TO MODERN CITY 1673-1835

MILO M. QUAIFE

Published by THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, CHICAGO, IL, 1933

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THIS BOOK BY NOTED MIDWESTERN HISTORIAN MILO M. QUAIFE RELATES THE MIGRATIONAL OPENING OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE MID-WESTERN FRONTIER BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S ARMIES FROM 1673 TO 1835 . THIS WAS ACHIEVED BY PHYSICALLY WRESTING THE LAND FROM THE INDIAN NATIVES AND BRITISH TRADERS WITH A SERIES OF WARS AND TREATYS WITH THE VARIOUS INDIAN TRIBES. EVENTUALLY, THE INDIAN TREATYS RESULTED IN THE VARIOUS INDIAN TRIBES RELINQUISHING THE TERRITORY TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE RELENTLESS INVASIONS BY THE US GOVERNMENT ARMY TROOPS AND THE BUILDING OF PROTECTIVE FORTS AT KEY STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IS HIGHLIGHTED IN DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS INDIAN WARS, BOTH SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFU, THAT IS DRAMATIZED IN THIS BOOK ON THE FRONTIER SETTLEMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES'. THERE IS A FIFTEEN PAGE INDEX OF THE NAMES OF KEY INDIVIDUALS, EVENTS, BATTLES, MARRAIGES, DEATHS AND SETTLEMENTS THAT ALLOWS EASY ACCESS TO SPECIFIC TOPICS IN THE BOOK. Seller Inventory # 2223429

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Title: CHECAGOU FROM INDIAN WIGWAM TO MODERN CITY ...

Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, CHICAGO, IL

Publication Date: 1933

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

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