Indians And British Outposts In Eighteenth-century America
by Daniel Ingram /
2012 / English / PDF
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This fascinating look at the cultural and military importance of
British forts in the colonial era explains how these forts served
as communities in Indian country more than as bastions of British
imperial power. Their security depended on maintaining good
relations with the local Native Americans, who incorporated the
forts into their economic and social life as well as into their
strategies.
This fascinating look at the cultural and military importance of
British forts in the colonial era explains how these forts served
as communities in Indian country more than as bastions of British
imperial power. Their security depended on maintaining good
relations with the local Native Americans, who incorporated the
forts into their economic and social life as well as into their
strategies.