Research Catalog

Title

The Iroquois in the War of 1812 / Carl Benn.

Author

Benn, Carl, 1953-

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1998.

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Details

Description

xi, 272 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

Describes how the Six Nations got involved in the War of 1812, the role they played in the defense of Canada, and the war's effects on their society.

Subject

• 1700-1815
• Iroquois Indians > Wars
• Iroquois Indians > Canada > History > 18th century
• First Nations > Wars > 1763-1814
• Iroquois > Guerres
• Premières Nations > Guerres > 1763-1814
• Iroquois > Canada > Histoire > 18e siècle
• Indians
• Iroquois Indians
• Iroquois Indians > Wars
• Britisch-Amerikanischer Krieg
• Irokesen
• Irokezen
• Oorlog van 1812
• Ontario > History > Indians. > War of 1812
• Ontario > History > War of 1812
• Canada > History > Participation, First Nations. > War of 1812
• Canada > History > First Nations. > War of 1812
• Canada > Histoire > 1812, Guerre de
• Canada > Histoire > Peuples autochtones. > 1812, Guerre de
• United States
• Ontario
• Canada
• Kanada
• Irokesen

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-256) and index.

Contents

1. Survival: The Iroquois to 1812 -- 2. The Crisis of Alliance: Spring and Summer 1812 -- 3. 'We Wish Not to Be Sold': The Iroquois Way of War -- 4. The Niagara Campaign: Autumn 1812 -- 5. The Twisted Road to Beaver Dams: January-June 1813 -- 6. Iroquois versus Iroquois: July-December 1813 -- 7. The Last War Dance: 1814 -- 8. 'Give Us Hopes of Finding Some Relief': 1815 and Beyond -- App. Iroquois Population and Combat Strength in 1812.

ISBN

• 0802043216
• 9780802043214
• 0802081452
• 9780802081452

LCCN

98227276

OCLC

• ocm38747677
• 38747677
• SCSB-504803

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library