LEADER 03509nam 2200529 450 001 9910796026703321 005 20230808202218.0 010 $a0-8032-9092-6 010 $a0-8032-9090-X 035 $a(CKB)3780000000105395 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4737080 035 $a(OCoLC)962412610 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53266 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4737080 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11296208 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL969054 035 $a(OCoLC)962412448 035 $a(EXLCZ)993780000000105395 100 $a20161117h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Borderland of fear $evincennes, prophetstown, and the invasion of the miami homeland /$fPatrick Bottiger 210 1$aLincoln, [Nebraska] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (268 pages) $cillustrations, maps, tables 225 1 $aBorderlands and Transcultural Studies 311 $a0-8032-5484-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Facing east from Miami country -- The national trinity -- Prophetstown for their own purposes -- Vincennes, the politics of slavery, and the Indian "threat" -- The battles of Tippecanoe -- Conclusion. 330 $a"The Ohio River Valley was a place of violence in the nineteenth century, something witnessed on multiple stages ranging from local conflicts between indigenous and Euro-American communities to the Battle of Tippecanoe and the War of 1812. To describe these events as simply the result of American expansion versus indigenous nativism disregards the complexities of the people and their motivations. Patrick Bottiger explores the diversity between and among the communities that were the source of this violence. As new settlers invaded their land, the Shawnee brothers Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh pushed for a unified Indigenous front. However, the multiethnic Miamis, Kickapoos, Potawatomis, and Delawares, who also lived in the region, favored local interests over a single tribal entity. The Miami-French trade and political network was extensive, and the Miamis staunchly defended their hegemony in the region from challenges by other Native groups. Additionally, William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana Territory, lobbied for the introduction of slavery in the territory. In its own turn, this move sparked heated arguments in newspapers and on the street. Harrisonians deflected criticism by blaming tensions on indigenous groups and then claiming that antislavery settlers were Indian allies. Bottiger demonstrates that violence, rather than being imposed on the region's inhabitants by outside forces, instead stemmed from the factionalism that was already present. The Borderland of fear explores how these conflicts were not between nations and races but rather between cultures and factions."--Dust jacket. 410 0$aBorderlands and transcultural studies. 606 $aShawnee Indians$xHistory 607 $aOhio River Valley$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aOhio River Valley$2fast 615 0$aShawnee Indians$xHistory. 676 $a974.00497317 700 $aBottiger$b Patrick$01491090 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796026703321 996 $aThe Borderland of fear$93712680 997 $aUNINA