The Wilderness War
- ISBN-10
- 0553263684
- ISBN-13
- 9780553263688
- Series
- The Wilderness War
- Category
- Iroquois Indians
- Pages
- 612
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Domain
- Author
- Allan W. Eckert
Description
A narrative account of the defeat and dispossession, by 1780, of the Iroquois tribes of New York State and upper Pennsylvania despite the valor of the great chief, Joseph Brant.
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