Blue Jacket

by Sugden, John

• ISBN13: 9780803293021
• ISBN10: 080329302X
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

Blue Jacket (ca. 1743-ca. 1808), or Waweyapiersenwaw, was the most influential Native American leader of his time. He was the galvanizing force behind an intertribal confederacy of unparalleled scope that fought a long and bloody war against white encroachments into their homeland in the Ohio River valley. Blue Jacket was an astute strategist and diplomat who, though courted by American and British leaders, remained a staunch defender of the Shawnees' independence and territory. He fielded large forces (his warriors inflicted greater losses upon the American army than those of Cochise, Geronimo, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull combined), won unprecedented military and diplomatic victories, and during his later years inspired and mentored the legendary Tecumseh. In this arresting and controversial account, John Sugden, the acclaimed biographer of Tecumseh, restores Blue Jacket to his rightful place of prominence in American history. John Sugden is an independent scholar and a former associate editor of Oxford University Press's American National Biography project. His books include Tecumseh: A Life, winner of the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award.

Author Biography

John Sugden is an independent scholar and a former associate editor of Oxford University Press’s American National Biography project. His books include Tecumseh: A Life, winner of the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(6)
Blue Jacket's People	7	(18)
Beginnings	25	(11)
Defending the Dark and Bloody Ground	36	(12)
The Second War for Kentucky	48	(17)
Trouble Is Coming Upon Us Fast	65	(11)
The War for Ohio	76	(12)
Tomahawks and Tobacco	88	(11)
We Are Determined to Meet the Enemy	99	(14)
General Blue Jacket and Arthur St. Clair	113	(15)
All the Nations Are Now of One Mind	128	(14)
Just Rights and an Uncertain War	142	(14)
The Expedition to Fort Recovery	156	(16)
The Final Battle	172	(16)
We Must Think of War No More	188	(20)
Living with Peace	208	(10)
Uneasy Retirement	218	(15)
Voices from the West	233	(21)
Conclusion	254	(11)
List of Abbreviations	265	(2)
Notes	267	(50)
Selected Bibliography	317	(18)
Index	335