WARS
Native American Bibliography
Periodicals
Allen, Robert S. "His Majesty's Indian Allies: Native Peoples, the British Crown and the War of 1812." Michigan Historical Review 14 (Fall 1988): 1-24.
British Indian policy from 1774 to 1815 was geared to ensure the preservation and defense of Canada.
Bieder, Robert E. "Sault Ste. Marie and the War of 1812: A World Turned Upside Down in the Old Northwest." Indiana Magazine of History XCV (March 1999): 1-13.
Before the war the social polarities at the Sault were between the haves and have-nots, after 1822 they were between Americans and old residents.
Blegen, Theodore C. "Armistice and War on the Minnesota Frontier." Minnesota History 24 (March 1943): 11-25.
War between the Sioux and the Chippewas as told by a United States Chaplain at Fort Snellig in 1839.
Brace, Elmore. "Tecumseh's Confederacy." Indiana Magazine of History 12 (June 1916): 161-174; 13 (March 1917): 67-91.
Provides extensive background information on the Confederacy.
Byrd, Cecil K. "The Northwest Indians and the British Preceding the War of 1812." Indiana Magazine of History 38 (March 1942): 31-50.
A comparison of the accusations which were made against the British and the official British Indian policy.
Calloway, Colin G. "The End of an Era: British-Indian Relations in the Great Lakes Region After the War of 1812." Michigan Historical Review 12 (Fall 1986): 1-20.
The Treaty of Ghent, 1814, brought to an end the British-Indian alliance and the end of the threat to American expansionism.
Carpenter, Roger. "Making War More Lethal: Iroquois vs. Huron in the Great Lakes Region, 1609 to 1650." Michigan Historical Review 27 (Fall 2001): 33-51.
The manner in which Iroquian people regarded war underwent a radical change when guns were introduced. War changed from open, highly ritualized, largely nonlethal skirmishes between warriors seeking honor and captives to large-scale campaigns that had strategic, economic, and military objectives.
Compton, Harvey Wilson. "The Story of Pontiac's War, 1763-4." Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio Quarterly Bulletin 4 (January 1932): 14 pages.
Compton gives the reasons for the war and the result.
Dain, Floyd R. "The Treaty of Springwells." Detroit Historical Society Bulletin 26 (November 1969): 4-10.
This treaty concluded the Indian war which had begun at Tippecanoe in 1811.
"Detroit's Last Indian Massacre." Totem Pole 22 (December 16, 1948): 1-5.
The massacre took place in December 1814.
Dawd, Gregory Evans. "Little Turtle and the Origins of a Great Native American Debate." Northwest Ohio Quarterly 74 (Winter 2002): 5-21.
As a brilliant military leader, Little Turtle of the Miamis, contributed to the pan-Indian movement.
Doyle, Cornelius J. "Indians and Indian Fighters." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 19 (October 1926/January 1927): 115-141.
Pays tribute to the American soldier of Indian warfare.
Draper, Lyman C. "Notice of Match-E-Ke-Wis, The Captor of Mackinac." Wisconsin Historical Collections 7 (1873-1876): 188-194.
The Ojibwa leader of the successful attack on Mackinac in 1763.
Eckert, Allan W. "The Pontiac Uprising." Michigan Sportsman 4 (September-October 1979): 29-35+.
Reprinted from Eckert's book, The Conquerors.
Edmunds, R. David. "Black Hawk." Timeline 5 (April/May 1988): 24-27.
Black Hawk epitomizes the Indians' traditional determination to fight for their homeland.
Edmunds, R. David. "The Illinois River Potawatomi in the War of 1812." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society LXII (Winter 1969): 341-362.
For the Indian tribes of the Old Northwest, the two decades preceding the War of 1812 were a period of frustration.
Edmunds, R. David. "The Thin Red Line: Tecumseh, the Prophet and Shawnee Resistance." Timeline 4 (December 1987/January 1988): 2-19.
Americans have always admired Tecumseh. He was a brave and honorable man who sacrificed his life for his people, dying a hero's death in the last great battle for the Old Northwest.
Edwards, Elizabeth. "The Bravery of Company K." Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine 22 (February 2003): 50-55.
During the Civil War, this skilled all-Indian company from Michigan stood out, becoming a living legend.
Fixico, Donald L. "The Alliance of the Three Fires in Trade and War, 1630 – 1812." Michigan Historical Review 20 (Fall 1994): 1-23.
For almost two hundred years, the political power and military strength of the Three Fires proved to be significant in shaping the history of the Great Lakes area.
Gouveia, Grace Mary. " 'We Also Serve': American Indian Women's Role in World War II." Michigan Historical Review 20 (Fall 1994): 153-182.
Two minority groups – American Indian women and Black women – are compared to mainstream women in regard to their activities during World War II.
Harvey, S. Benjamin. "An Incident in Early Michigan History." Michigan History 34 (September 1950): 258-259.
Black Hawk's emissaries came to visit Michigan in 1831.
Hinsdale, Wilbert B. "Tecumseh's Illusions." Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 18 (1932): 31-52.
Hinsdale brings to our attention some peculiar traits and modes of mental action in the Indian race.
"Hull's Surrender of Detroit, 1812." Magazine of American History (May 1892): 343-366.
Includes mention of the Indians and the role they played in the surrender.
"The Indian War." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 5 (April 1912): 66-79.
Letters from William Orr, a volunteer in the Black Hawk War.
"Indians of Ontonagon County in Company 'K', First Michigan Sharpshooters." Kalamazoo Valley Family News Letter 7 (Winter 1977/1978): 110.
Five men and their military records.
Jacobs, Wilbur R. "Presents to Indians as a Factor in the Conspiracy of Pontiac." Michigan History 33 (September 1949): 314-322.
The English failure to supply the Indians with goods gave Pontiac a chance to capitalize on native discontent.
James, James Alton. "Detroit the Key to the West during the American Revolution." Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society (1909): 154-164.
From the opening of the Revolutionary War, American leaders looked to the conquest of Detroit, the headquarters of the British posts as the key to the fur trade and control of the Indian tribes to the northeast of the Ohio River
Katz, Irving I. "Jewish Traders Captured During the 1763 Indian Uprising." Detroit Historical Society Bulletin 20 (February 1964): 4-8.
Pontiac's conspiracy from Jewish perspective.
Keeler, Lucy Elliot. "The Croghan Celebration." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publication 16 (1907): 1-105.
Anniversary of the defeat of Tecumseh.
Kopperman, Paul E. "The Captive's Return: Bouquet's Victory." Timeline 7 (April/May 1990): 2-15.
Adopting a tough, uncompromising attitude, Bouquet proved extremely effective in negotiating the release of prisoners and a peace settlement with the Ohio Indians in 1764.
Lambert, Joseph I. "The Black Hawk War: A Military Analysis." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 32 (December 1939): 442-473.
The Black Hawk War looked at as a military exercise.
"Langlade Papers." Wisconsin Historical Collections 8 (1877-1879): 209-223.
His papers as they remained in the family from 1737 to 1900.
Line, Sarah Jane. "The Indians on the Missisinewa." Indiana Magazine of History 9 (September 1913): 187-194.
The battle with Harrison in 1812.
Matson, N. "Sketch of Shan-be-na, A Pottawattomie Chief." Wisconsin Historical Collections 7 (1873-1876): 415-421.
Matson knew Shan-be-na and recorded his accounts of Tecumseh and the Black Hawk War.
Meek, Basil. "General Hamar's Expedition." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications 20 (1911): 74-108.
Expedition against the Indian towns on the Miami and St. Joseph Rivers.
Millett, Alan R. "Caesar and the Conquest of the Northwest Territory: The Wayne Campaign, 1792-95." Timeline 14 (May/June 1997): 2-21.
President George Washington was determined to control the lands northwest of the Ohio River. He chose Anthony Wayne to accomplish the task.
Millett, Alan R. "Caesar and the Conquest of the Northwest Territory: The Harrison Campaign, 1811." Timeline 14 (July/August 1997): 2-19.
Harrison achieved retroactive glory from his march to Tippecanoe River in 1811. Two years later he stood victorious over northwestern tribes and had shattered their ties to the British in Canada.
Millett, Alan R. "Caesar and the Conquest of the Northwest Territory: The Second Harrison Campaign, 1813." Timeline 14 (October 1997): 2-21.
Almost twenty years after his first battle at Fallen Timbers, William Henry Harrison delivered a death blow to Native American resistance east of the Mississippi.
Moorehead, Warren K. "Logan, Tecumseh, The Shawano Indians." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society Publications 36 (1927): 78-91.
An address delivered on Ohio History Day, 1926.
Morrison, Dennis Michael. "Mush-quah-tas: Michigan's Lost Indian Tribe." Above the Bridge 9 (Fall 1993): 1-11.
A story of a tribe exterminated by the Ottawa.
Nichols, David A. "The Other Civil War: Lincoln and the Indians." Minnesota History 44 (Spring 1974): 2-15.
Lincoln's vision for the West carried with it the implicit doom of the Indians.
Nichols, Roger L. "The Black Hawk War in Retrospect." Wisconsin Magazine of History 65 (Summer 1982): 238-246.
The Black Hawk War was more typical than unusual on the American frontier.
Notestein, Wallace. "The Western Indians in the Revolution." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications 16 (1907): 269-291.
A clear, concise treatment of the Indian War in the West.
Orians, George H. "Pontiac in Literature." Northwest Ohio Quarterly 35 (Autumn 1963): 31-53.
An annotated bibliography.
"Papers Relating to the War of 1812." Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Historical Society Numbers 7, 12, 17, 18, 19, and 28.
Various original documents relating to the War of 1812 are reprinted.
Patrick, Jeff L. Editor. " 'We Lay There Doing Nothing': John Jackson's Recollection of the War of 1812." Indiana Magazine of History LXXXVIII (June 1992): 111-131.
Jackson's memoir provides a window into the daily life of an ordinary soldier in 1812 and 1813.
Peckham, Howard H. "Indian Captives Brought to Detroit." Detroit Historical Society Bulletin 12 (June 1956): 4-9.
Starting in 1755 several white captives were brought to Detroit.
Perrin, William Henry. "The Conspiracy of Pontiac." Magazine of Western History 11 (March 1890): 454-464; 12 (May 1890): 118-119.
Pontiac's attempt against the whites was the most gigantic scheme ever conceived by an American Indian. Second citation is a letter rebutting Perrin's facts.
Peyser, Joseph L. "The Fate of the Fox Survivors: A Dark Chapter in the History of the French in the Upper Country, 1726-1737." Wisconsin Magazine of History 73 (Winter 1989/1990): 83-110.
The measures undertaken by the Governor-General of New France succeeded between 1729 and 1731 in killing between 80 to 90 percent of the Fox warriors – as well as countless women, children, and elders.
Porlier, L. J. "Capture of Mackinac." Wisconsin Historical Collections 8 (1877-1879): 227-231.
Report of the Council held in October 1848 at Wisconsin.
Randall, E. O. "Pontiac's Conspiracy." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society Publications 12 (1903): 410-437.
A history of Pontiac and his alliance.
Randall, E. O. "Tecumseh, the Shawnee Chief." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society Publications 15 (1906): 418-497.
Measured by his environment and opportunity there is no more remarkable and striking genius than Tecumseh.
Riddell, William Renwick. "Indian War Council Held in Detroit in 1700." Michigan History 15 (Summer 1931): 454-458.
Material from the Archives of the Province of Quebec.
Riddell, William Renwick. "A Pretty Quarrel Over Rum at Old Michillimackinac." Michigan History 13 (Spring 1929): 278-300.
The English and French rum trade at Michillimackinac.
Rugely, Terry. "Savage and Statesman: Changing Historical Perspectives of Tecumseh." Indiana Magazine of History LXXXV (December 1989): 289-311.
The direction of biographical study on Tecumseh reflects the main contours of Indian history.
Rupley, Richard M. "The Battle of Tchiba Miniss (Island of the Dead)." Above the Bridge 4 (July/August 1988): 33-35.
A story originally published in 1888 about the last battle between the Ojibwa and the Iroquois.
Schultheis, Rose. "Harrison's Councils with Tecumseh." Indiana Magazine of History 27 (March 1931): 40-49.
The councils were held before 1812.
Sheehan, Bernard W. " 'The Famous Hair Buyer General': Henry Hamilton, George Rogers Clark, and the American Indian." Indiana Magazine of History LXXIV (March 1983): 1-28.
An overview of the differing policies of the British and the Americans towards the Indians.
Smelser, Marshall. "Tecumseh, Harrison, and the War of 1812." Indiana Magazine of History LXV (March 1969): 25-44.
Story of the drama of the struggle of two of our most eminent predecessors, William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh.
Sugden, John. "Tecumseh's Travels Revisited." Indiana Magazine of History XCVI (June 2000): 150-168.
Tecumseh's plan of traveling to rally intertribal support for the defense of the Old Northwest was part of a long Indian tradition.
Tasse, Joseph. "Memoir of Charles de Langlade." Wisconsin Historical Collections 7 (1873-1876): 123-187.
Langlade was one of the most courageous defenders of the French cause in Canada.
Thwaites, Reuben G. "The Black Hawk War." Magazine of Western History 5 (November 1886): 32-45; 5 (December 1886): 181-196.
A history of the war.
The War. NY: S. Woodworth. 2 volumes
"Being a faithful record of the transactions of the war between the United States of America and their territories, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dependencies there of declared on the eighteenth day of June, 1812."
Warner, Michael S. "General Josiah Harmar's Campaign Reconsidered: How the Americans Lost the Battle of Kekionga." Indiana Magazine of History LXXXVII (March 1987): 43-64.
General Harmar's campaign against the 'Indian Banditti' along the Maumee River in 1790 marks a watershed in the settlement of the Old Northwest.
Watts, Florence G. "Lieutenant Charles Larrabee's Account of the Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811." Indiana Magazine of History LVII (September 1961): 225-247.
Five letters which recount military preparations and the movement of troops during the Tippecanoe campaign.
Welters, Mrs. Alta P. "Shabonce." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 27 (1924): 380-397.
Shabonce was a Pottawatomi who thwarted Black Hawk in Illinois.
Whicker, J. Wesley. "Shabonee's Account of Tippecanoe." Indiana Magazine of History 17 ( April 1921): 353-363.
A description of the Battle of Tippecanoe by Shobonee, a Potawatomi chief.
Whicker, J. Wesley. "Tecumseh and Pushmataha." Indiana Magazine of History 18 (December 1922): 315-331.
Background of these two great Indians.
Williams, Mentor I. "John Kinzie's Narrative of the Fort Dearborn Massacre." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society XLVI (Winter 1953): 343-362.
Reports of the massacre demonstrate the unreliability of eyewitness testimony.
Wood, Norman B. "Indian Wars and Warriors of Michigan." Michigan History 3 (October 1919): 547-563.
Pontiac and Tecumseh.