Book

The Fox wars: the Mesquakie challenge to New France

University of Oklahoma Press211Published In 1993 • Pages: xix, 282

By: Edmunds, R. David (Russell David), Peyser, Joseph L..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
External relations
Missions
Warfare
Aftermath of combat
External trade
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Fox
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2014
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
Book
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
John Beierle; 2012
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1645-1990
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes regions, United States
NotesAdditional notes
by R. David Edmunds and Joseph L. Peyser
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
93004098
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
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