Winning the West with words : language and conquest in the lower Great Lakes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Buss, James Joseph
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Pioneers > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History. Frontier and pioneer life > Great Lakes Region (North America) Indians of North America > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History > 19th century. Land settlement > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History > 19th century. United States > Territorial expansion > Social aspects. Expansion. Siedler. Sprache. Illinois. Indiana. Indianer. Ohio. Geschichte 1700-1900.
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents:

Introduction : clearing the middle ground for American pioneers
1: The language of conquest
A peace, sincere and lasting : treaties and the eroding language of the middle ground
Between savage cruelty and opulent speculation : petitions and the shifting language of settlement
2: Clearing the middle ground
The long looked for storm : writing, religion, and removal
Led by a touch of romantic feeling : art, science, and depictions of the vanishing Indian
They found and left her an Indian : captivity narratives and the whitening of the middle ground
3: Remembering and forgetting
With strong hands and brave hearts : remembering the pioneer
A melancholy but necessary duty : forgetting the American Indian
Epilogue : centennial celebrations.