num_pages: 626
description: White man's massacre. Red man's revenge.Driven from their homeland, the Indians fought bitterly to keep a final stronghold east of the Mississippi. Savage cunning, strength, skill and knowledge of the wilderness were their weapons, and the Indians used them mercilessly. But they couldn't foresee the white men who would come later, men who loved the land as much as they did, who wanted it for their own. Men who learned the Indian tricks and matched brutality for brutality.From Eckert's acclaimed  The Winning of America series, this book continues the tale of westward expansion, focusing on the history of the Northwest Territories &amp; the Louisiana Purchase &amp; relating the dramatic events of the Black Hawk War of 1832.
language: English
title: The Frontiersmen
titlecomplete: The Frontiersmen
genres: Biography, History, American History, Historical, Adventure, War, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Literature, Westerns
ratings_count: 3803
series: Winning of America
publisher: Bantam Books