Down the Warpath to the Cedars: Indians' First Battles in the Revolution Anderson Mark R.
Down the Warpath to the Cedars: Indians' First Battles in the Revolution Anderson Mark R. In May 1776 more than two hundred Indian warriors descended the St. In just three days' fighting, the Native…
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Down the Warpath to the Cedars: Indians' First Battles in the Revolution Anderson Mark R.
In May 1776 more than two hundred Indian warriors descended the St. In just three days' fighting, the Native Americans and their British and Canadian allies forced the American fort to surrender and ambushed a fatally delayed relief column. Lawrence River to attack Continental forces at the Cedars, west of Montreal.
Anderson flips the usual perspective on this early engagement and focuses on its Native participants--their motivations, battlefield conduct, and the event's impact in their world. In Down the Warpath to the Cedars, author Mark R. In this way, Anderson's work establishes and explains Native Americans' centrality in the Revolutionary War's northern theater.Anderson's dramatic, deftly written narrative encompasses decisive diplomatic encounters, political intrigue, and scenes of brutal violence but is rooted in deep archival research and ethnohistorical