Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chic

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Rising Up from Indian Country by Ann Durkin Keating In August 1812, under threat from the Potawatomi, Captain Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn to Fort Wayne. The group included several dozen soldiers, as well as nine women and eighteen children. After traveling only a mile and a half, they were attacked by five hundred Potawatomi warriors. In under an hour, fifty-two members of Healds party were killed, and the rest were taken prisoner; the Potawatomi then burned Fort Dearborn before returning to their villages.These events are now seen as a foundational moment in Chicagos storied past. With Rising up from Indian Country, noted historian Ann Durkin Keating richly recounts the Battle of Fort Dearborn while situating it within the context of several wider histories that span the nearly four decades between the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, in which Native Americans gave up a square mile at the mouth of the Chicago River, and the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, in which the American government and the Potawatomi exchanged five million acres of land west of the Mississippi River for a tract of the same size in northeast Illinois and southeast Wisconsin. In the first book devoted entirely to this crucial period, Keating tells a story not only of military conquest but of the lives of people on all sides of the conflict. She highlights such figures as Jean Baptiste Point de Sable and John Kinzie and demonstrates that early Chicago was a place of cross-cultural reliance among the French, the Americans, and the Native Americans. Published to commemorate the bicentennial of the Battle of Fort Dearborn, this gripping account of the birth of Chicago will become required reading for anyone seeking to understand the city and its complex origins. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ann Durkin Keating is professor of history at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. She is coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Chicago and the author of several books, including Chicagoland: City and Suburbs in the Railroad Age and Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs: A Historical Guide, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Table of Contents JOHN KINZIE TIMELINE GENERAL TIMELINE A MOBILE CAST OF CHARACTERS LIST OF MAPS PREFACE: JOHN KINZIES WORLD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION Chicago in the Indian Country of the Western Great Lakes PART ONE THE UNITED STATES AND THE INDIAN COUNTRY OF THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES ONE John Kinzie and the Traders in the Indian Country of the Western Great Lakes, 1763-1812 TWO The Greenville Treaty and the American Era, 1789-1800 PART TWO FORT DEARBORN AND TIPPECANOE, 1803-1811 THREE President Jefferson and the Founding of Fort Dearborn, 1803-1804 FOUR Kinzie & Forsyth, at Chicago and Peoria, 1803-1812 FIVE President Jefferson, Main Poc, and the Founding of Tippecanoe, 1808-1811 SIX Battle of Tippecanoe, November 1811 PART THREE IN THE WAKE OF THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE, SPRING 1812 SEVEN Planning for War, Spring 1812 EIGHT John Kinzies Ambiguous Loyalties and a Forgotten Murder, May-June 1812 NINE The War Begins, June-July 1812 TEN The Potawatomi Attack, August 15, 1812 PART FOUR IN THE AFTERMATH OF AUGUST 15, 1812 ELEVEN John and Eleanor Kinzies Neighbors, August 1812 TWELVE Captors and Captives, Fall 1812 THIRTEEN A Savage Fall: 1812 in the West FOURTEEN 1813: Shifting Allegiances PART FIVE AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 FIFTEEN The End of Indian Country in the Neighborhood of Chicago, 1816-1829 SIXTEEN Kinzies Retreat to Chicago, 1816-1828 SEVENTEEN The 1833 Treaty of Chicago EPILOGUE Why It Was Not a Massacre NOTES INDEX Review "Keating presents an excellent addition to the interpretation of Chicagos early history while at the same time providing a reminder to all historians that early border societies were very complex."--Steven C. Eames "The Historian " "[O]pens up a fascinating vista of lost American history. . . . Its a great story, and Ms. Keatings neutral, unemphatic prose makes it register all the more clearly."--Lee Sandlin "Wall Street Journal " "How did Chicago stop being Indian Country and become American? Ann Durkin Keating has recast that struggle into a story far more complex than the conventional manifest destiny tale. Well researched and written, this book is an eye-opening account of Chicagos earliest, most contested days."--Walter Nugent, author of Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion "Rising Up from Indian Country is a masterful study of Chicagos founding story. Ann Durkin Keating displays her ample skills as a historian, tackling the citys frontier experience and exploring the roles of the major players, especially those of John Kinzie and of Native Americans during this complex early period. She has cut through the fog of legend to give us a valuable look at Chicago when it was still Indian Country."--Dominic A. Pacyga, author of Chicago: A Biography "Ann Keating has given us a new three-dimensional picture of Chicagos founding. Rising Up from Indian Country paints a compelling picture of Chicagos Indian Country origins and skillfully describes the tragedy at Fort Dearborn from the perspective of all who participated. This is a dramatic story that invites readers both to absorb new facts about the past and to reflect upon their meaning."--Frederick E. Hoxie, author of The People: A History of Native America "Ann Keating has taken on the least explored area of Chicago history--its raucous beginnings--and brought it magnificently to life. The book is a landmark work, deeply researched and vividly written."--Donald L. Miller, author of City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Mak "Keating wants the people of Chicago to understand their origins more fully so that the ?rst star on the citys ?ag can represent the intercultural history of Chicago more than a misunderstood battle. But this book provides something just as important for a wider audience. Rising Up from Indian Country adds depth and breadth to an understanding of the geographic, social, and political transitions that occurred on the shores of Lake Michigan in the early 1800s."--John P. Bowes "Journal of American History " "[An] informative, ambitious account. . . . On bookshelves in time to honor the bicentennial of the Fort Dearborn battle, Keatings well-researched book rights some misconceptions about the old conflicts, the strategies of the whites and Indians to keep their land, and how early Chicago came to exist."--Publishers Weekly Review Quote " Rising Up from Indian Country is a masterful study of Chicagos founding story. Ann Durkin Keating displays her ample skills as a historian, tackling the citys frontier experience and exploring the roles of the major players, especially those of John Kinzie and of Native Americans during this complex early period. She has cut through the fog of legend to give us a valuable look at Chicago when it was still Indian Country." Details ISBN022667858X Year 2019 ISBN-10 022667858X ISBN-13 9780226678580 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-10-07 Author Ann Durkin Keating Pages 320 Language English Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago Country of Publication United States DEWEY 977.31103 Short Title Rising up from Indian Country UK Release Date 2019-10-07 AU Release Date 2019-10-07 NZ Release Date 2019-10-07 US Release Date 2019-10-07 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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