By Mary Elise Antoine
ISBN-10: 0870207385
ISBN-13: 9780870207389
In The struggle of 1812 in Wisconsin, writer Mary Elise Antoine brings a little-known nook of Wisconsin’s background to existence. Prairie du Chien, situated simply above mouth of the Wisconsin River, was once the major to exchange at the higher Mississippi. Whoever managed the prairie commanded the large territory inhabited through hundreds of thousands of yankee Indians—and the fur they traded. while struggle broke out among the U.S. and nice Britain in 1812, British and americans fought to take care of the ever-shifting alliance of the tribes.
This is the tale of the conflict for the keep an eye on of Prairie du Chien and the western nation, which all started a long time earlier than the three-day siege in July of 1814 for which the conflict of Prairie du Chien is termed. it's also the story of the folks, Euro-American and local, who lived in pre-territorial Wisconsin and the way the competition for keep watch over of the area affected their lives and livelihoods. the result of the warfare of 1812 may confirm what "manifest future" might suggest to all who referred to as those lands home.
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