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A Common Dish: The Ohio Indian Confederacy aand the Struggle for the Upper Ohio Valley, 1783-1795
| Title: | A Common Dish: The Ohio Indian Confederacy aand the Struggle for the Upper Ohio Valley, 1783-1795 |
| Author: | Swader, David |
| Description: | Following the close of the American Revolution, the Federal Government, reeling from the strain of a massive war debt, looked toward the lands of the Old Northwest as a possible source of compensation for its war veterans. In response to the ensuing encroachments on to their native lands, which Great Britain had unjustifiably surrendered under the terms of the peace treaty of 1783, Indian nations of the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Ohio Valley sought to reestablish what had proven to be a tenuous alliance. This alliance will be traced from its roots in the mid 1750s, through its collapse following General Anthony Wayne's crushing victory at the battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794. Particular attention will be paid to the late 1780s and early 1790s, when the struggle for the Ohio Country brought the region's Indian nations a degree of unity which had long alluded them. United by the principles of common land ownership and a united diplomatic voice, the confederation nevertheless remained shrouded in local and regional concerns. It is the manner with which the tribes struggled to overcome these concerns while searching for the unity they so desperately needed in the face of a rapidly expanding enemy that will be explored in depth. Historians have long ignored the Ohio Indians' efforts. Portrayed as mere pawns of British diplomacy, the tribes remain shrouded under a veil of misperception. While more and more scholars are slowly beginning to reexamine the Indians' role, they have done so at the expense of limiting the tribes' motivations to those shared by their European counterparts. An "Indian perspective" of these events will serve to highlight the distinctions between Indian and European agendas, while demonstrating the extent to which the Ohio Indian Confederacy remained subject to its own diverse strains amid a struggle that would define a region. |
| Permanent Link: |
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu997988207
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/3092 |
| Date: | 1999 |
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