A gathering of rivers : Indians, Métis, and mining in the Western Great Lakes, 1737-1832 /

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In A Gathering of Rivers, Lucy Eldersveld Murphy traces the histories of Indian, multiracial, and mining communities in the western Great Lakes region during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. For a century the Winnebagos (Ho-Chunks), Mesquakies (Fox), and Sauks successfully confronted w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
1700 - 1799
Winnebago Indians > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Fox Indians > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Sauk Indians (Algonquian) > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Métis > Great Lakes Region (North America)
Winnebago > Conditions économiques > 18e siècle.
Fox > Conditions économiques > 18e siècle.
Sauk > Conditions économiques > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Ethnic relations
Métis
Great Lakes Region (North America) > Ethnic relations.
Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord) > Relations interethniques.
Great Lakes Region
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Maps
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • WhoIs Who in the Fox, Wisconsin Region
  • Introduction
  • Part One: The Fur Trade and the Creation of Accommodation
  • Native American Village Economies and the Fur Trade in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
  • Creole Communities
  • Part Two: Lead Mining: Adaptation and Conflict
  • The Expansion of Native American Lead Mining
  • The Lead Rush
  • Part Three: Adaptation and Removal
  • Indian Economic Development, Settlers, and the Erosion of Accommodation
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • A Note on Sources
  • Notes
  • Index.

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