Article illuminates the history of the Potawatomis, who intermarried with French fur traders and were pioneers of the west. R. David Edmunds reviews the oft-overlooked era of skirmishes between tribes already living in western lands and emigrant Indians.
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Article illuminates the history of the Potawatomis, who intermarried with French fur traders and were pioneers of the west. R. David Edmunds reviews the oft-overlooked era of skirmishes between tribes already living in western lands and emigrant Indians.
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14 p. : ill.
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Abstract: To many people, the cutting edge of the American frontier pitted white soldiers, traders, and missionaries against the twin enemies of "the wilderness" and hostile Indians. David Edmunds, using a revisionist interpretation, clearly proves that this picture is oversimplified, excluding acculturated Indians such as the Potawatomis who were key players in the "drama of westward progress."
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