Treaties and Treachery :: the Northwest Indians' Resistance to Conquest.

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressThe seven years from 1853 to 1859 are probably more important to the Pacific Northwest than any period of its recorded history. It was in the 1850s that officials began carving the Oregon Territory into the states. It was the period whe...

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1. Verfasser: Nelson, Kurt R.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln : Caxton Press, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung:Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressThe seven years from 1853 to 1859 are probably more important to the Pacific Northwest than any period of its recorded history. It was in the 1850s that officials began carving the Oregon Territory into the states. It was the period when most Indian tribes signed treaties that were supposed to protect their future. It was also when the natives of the region learned that no matter what the treaties promised, they would have little control over their destiny. So they fought a hopeless battle to preserve their way of life. Both settl.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (297 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780870045004
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9780870044991
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