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Author Bottiger, Patrick, author

Title The borderland of fear : Vincennes, Prophetstown, and the invasion of the Miami homeland / Patrick Bottiger
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Bordrelands and transcultural studies
Borderlands and transcultural studies.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1 Facing East from Miami Country; 2 The National Trinity; 3 Prophetstown for Their Own Purposes; 4 Vincennes, the Politics of Slavery, and the Indian "Threat"; 5 The Battles of Tippecanoe; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary ̀̀The Ohio River Valley was a place of violence in the nineteenth century, something witnessed on multiple stages ranging from local conflicts between Indigenous and Euro-American communities to the Battle of Tippercanoe and the War of 1812. To describe these events as simply the result of American expansion versus Indigenous nativism disregards the complexities of the people and their motivations. Patrick Bottiger explores the diversity between and among the communities that were the source of this violence. As new settlers invaded their land, the Shawnee brothers Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh pushed for a unified Indigenous front. However, the multiethnic Miamis, Kickapoos, Potawatomis, and Delawares, who also lived in the region, favored local interests over a single tribal entity. The Miami-French trade and political network was extensive, and the Miamis staunchly defended their hegemony in the region from challenges by other Native groups. Additionally, William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana Territory, lobbied for the introduction of slavery in the territory. In its own turn, this move sparked heated arguments in newspapers and on the street. Harrisonians deflected criticism by blaming tensions on Indigenous groups and then claiming that antislavery settlers were Indian allies. Bottiger demonstrates that violence, rather than being imposed on the region's inhabitants by outside forces, instead stemmed from the factionalism that was already present. The Borderland of fear explores how these conflicts were not between nations and races but rather between cultures and factions."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Shawnee Indians -- History -- 19th century
Shawnee Indians -- Race relations -- 19th century
Kickapoo Indians -- Race relations -- 19th century
Miami Indians -- Race relations -- 19th century
Potawatomi Indians -- Race relations -- 19th century
Delaware Indians -- Race relations -- 19th century
Immigrants -- Ohio River Valley -- 19th century -- Race relations
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Race relations
Shawnee Indians
SUBJECT Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century -- Race relations
Subject Ohio River Valley
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0803290926
9780803290921
9780803290907
080329090X
0803290918
9780803290914
Other Titles Vincennes, Prophetstown, and the invasion of the Miami homeland