Description
Book Synopsis In the mid-17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy launched a war for control of the burgeoning fur trade industry. These conflicts, known as the Beaver Wars, were among the bloodiest in North American history, and the resulting defeat of the Erie nation led to present-day Ohio''s becoming devoid of significant, permanent Indian inhabitants. Only in the first quarter of the 18th century did tribes begin to tentatively resettle the area.
This book details the story of the Beaver Wars, the subsequent Indian migrations into present Ohio, the locations and descriptions of documented Indian trails and settlements, the Moravian Indian mission communities in Ohio, and the Indians'' forlorn struggles to preserve an Ohio homeland, culminating in their expulsion by Andrew Jackson''s Indian Removal Act in 1830.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
Part I.—The Repopulation of Ohio in the 18th Century
One. The Beaver Wars or Iroquois Wars (c. 1628–c. 1677)
Two. The Wyandot and Miami Migration into Ohio
Three. The Shawnee Migration into Ohio
Four. The Lenape (Delaware) Migration into Ohio
Five. The Mingo Migration into Ohio
Six. The Ohio Thoroughfares
Part II.—Towns, Villages and Posts of 18th-Century Ohio
Seven. The Moravian Mission Communities of Ohio
Eight. Towns and Posts of Northeast Ohio
Nine. Towns and Posts of Southeast Ohio
Ten. Towns and Posts of Northwest Ohio
Eleven. Towns and Posts of Southwest Ohio
Afterword
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
