Book
The Fox wars: the Mesquakie challenge to New France
University of Oklahoma Press • 211 • Published In 1993 • Pages: xix, 282
By: Edmunds, R. David (Russell David), Peyser, Joseph L..
Abstract
This monograph presents a detailed account of Fox history from the late pre-contact period through to the middle of the 18th century with particular emphasis on a description and analysis of the events surrounding the tribe's conflict with New France, which had attempted to commit genocide of the Fox population. Relations with other tribal groups in the region are also discussed. This document also contains much information on Fox migrations within the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region during the period specified, and the ferocity of warfare between combating groups. Although much of the information contained in this study is obtained from French documents, where possible, the authors have tried to incorporate Fox (Mesquakie) oral traditions and to present these events from the standpoint of the Fox Indians.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2014
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2012
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1645-1990
- Coverage Place
- Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes regions, United States
- Notes
- by R. David Edmunds and Joseph L. Peyser
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269) and index
- LCCN
- 93004098
- LCSH
- Fox Indians--Wars
- Fox Indians--Government relations
- Fox Indians--History--Sources
- Ethnohistory--New France
- Canada--History--To 1763 (New France)--Sources
- Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803--Sources
- New France--Politics and government