Winning the West with words
Subtitle: language and conquest in the lower Great Lakes
By: James Joseph Buss
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780806142142
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life; Indians of North America; Territorial expansion; Social aspects; Pioneers; Land settlement; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : clearing the middle ground for American pioneers; title: A peace, sincere and lasting : treaties and the eroding language of the middle ground; title: Between savage cruelty and opulent speculation : petitions and the shifting language of settlement; title: The long looked for storm : writing, religion, and removal; title: Led by a touch of romantic feeling : art, science, and depictions of the vanishing Indian; title: They found and left her an Indian : captivity narratives and the whitening of the middle ground; title: With strong hands and brave hearts : remembering the pioneer; title: A melancholy but necessary duty : forgetting the American Indian; title: Epilogue : centennial celebrations.