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Huron vs. Iroquois: a case study in inter-tribal warfare
Ethnohistory • 26 (2) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 141-152
By: Otterbein, Keith F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed analysis of the crucial battle that led to the final defeat of the Huron by the Iroquois in the spring of 1649. The author discusses the antagonists' military strengths and weaknesses, strategies and tactics, to explain the outcome.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- Military organization
- Discipline and morale
- Ground combat forces
- Military installations
- Strategy
- Tactics
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Huron/Wendat
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1649
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Keith F. Otterbein
- Includes bibliographical references ( p.152)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 57043343
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wyandot Indians