Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-258) and index.
Contents
Introduction : "Niggur-in-law to old Sattan" : how the West was really won -- "The vile hands of the savages" : countdown to total war, 1775-1778 -- "Shooting pigeons" : the Goose Van Schaick sweep through Onondaga, April 1779 -- "The wolves of the forest" : the Brodhead march up the Allegheny, August-September 1779 -- "Extirpate those hell-hounds from off the face of the earth" : the Sullivan-Clinton campaign, 9 August-30 September 1779 -- "Keep that nest of hornets quiet" : the Ohio campaigns of 1779-1781 -- "Two mighty gods with their mouth wide open" : settler assaults on Ohio, 1782.