In the mid-17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy launched a war for control of the burgeoning fur trade industry. These conflicts, known as the Beaver Wars, were among the bloodiest in North American history, and the resulting defeat of the Erie Nation led to present Ohio’s becoming devoid of significant, permanent Indian inhabitants. Only in the first quarter of the 18th century did tribes begin to tentatively resettle the area.
This book details the story of the Beaver Wars, the subsequent Indian migrations into present Ohio, the locations and descriptions of documented Indian trails and settlements, the Moravian Indian mission communities in Ohio, and the Indians’ forlorn struggles to preserve an Ohio homeland, culminating in their expulsion by Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act in 1830.
Review by Library Bookwatch: March 2020 – The Native American Studies Shelf
Synopsis: In the mid-17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy launched a war for control of the burgeoning fur trade industry. These conflicts, known as the Beaver Wars, were among the bloodiest in North American history, and the resulting defeat of the Erie nation led to present-day Ohio’s becoming devoid of significant, permanent Indian inhabitants. Only in the first quarter of the 18th century did tribes begin to tentatively resettle the area.
“American Indians of the Ohio Country in the 18th Century” by Paul and Sally Misencik details the story of the Beaver Wars, the subsequent Indian migrations into present Ohio, the locations and descriptions of documented Indian trails and settlements, the Moravian Indian mission communities in Ohio, and the Indians’ forlorn struggles to preserve an Ohio homeland, culminating in their expulsion by Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act in 1830.Critique: Enhanced for academia with the inclusion of a five page Bibliography, nine pages of Notes, and an eleven page Index, “American Indians of the Ohio Country in the 18th Century” is an inherently fascinating and impressively informative history that is unreservedly recommended for personal, community, college and university library Native American Studies collections and supplemental curriculum reading lists.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, N.C.
Publication Date: 2020
ISBN 978-1-4766-7997-6
Key words:
- History of Midwestern U.S. – Ohio History – Indians
- Colonial Period History of the U.S.
- Native American History – Shawnee – Huron – Wyandot – Mingo – Lenape – Delaware – Ottawa