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Native Memoirs from the War of 1812 : Black Hawk and William Apess /

"Native peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict experiences. Two famously wrote down their stories: Black Hawk, the British-allied chief of the still-independent Sauks from the upper Mississippi, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Apess, William, 1798-1839, Black Hawk (Sauk chief), 1767-1838, Benn, Carl, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: BLACK HAWK (SAUK)
  • Introduction to Black Hawk
  • 1. Crisis on the Upper Mississippi Frontier, 1803?-12
  • 2. Joining the British on the Detroit Front, 1812-13
  • 3. Return Home, Keokuk's Rise, and Private War, 1814-15
  • 4. Campaigning on the Mississippi River, 1814
  • 5. An End to Fighting, 1815-16
  • 6. Black Hawk's Speeches, 1815-17
  • WILLIAM APESS (PEQUOT)
  • Introduction to William Apess
  • 1. An Indentured Servant's Struggles, 1809-13
  • 2. A Runaway Joins the Army, 1812-13
  • 3. Campaigning on the Canadian Border, 1813-15
  • 4. A Wandering Life, 1815-16
  • 5. Another Version of William Apess's Autobiography, c. 1813-c. 1820.