The Fox Wars

by Edmunds, R. David; Peyser, Joseph L.

• ISBN13: 9780806125510
• ISBN10: 0806125519
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

This is the saga of the Fox (or Mesquakie) Indians' struggle to maintain their identity in the face of colonial New France during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The Foxes occupied central Wisconsin, where for a long time they had warred with the Sioux and, more recently, had opposed the extension of the French firearm-and-fur trade with their western enemies. Caught between the Sioux anvil and the French hammer, the Foxes enlisted other tribes' support and maintained their independence until the late 1720s. Then the French treacherously offered them peace before launching a campaign of annihilation against them. The Foxes resisted valiantly, but finally were overwhelmed and took sanctuary among the Sac Indians, with whom they are closely associated to this day.

Author Biography

R. David Edmunds is Professor of History at Indiana University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Preface
The West in Chaos	p. 3
People of the Red Earth	p. 31
Reaping the Whirlwind	p. 55
Bitter Interlude	p. 87
Armageddon	p. 119
Genocide	p. 158
Regenesis	p. 202
Epilogue	p. 212
Notes	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 259
Index	p. 271
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