Table of Contents

Foreword by Walter Nugent and Malcolm J. Rohrbough 1. The World of the Miami, 1700-1754 2. The World of George Croghan, 1750-1777 3. The Village of Vincennes, 1765-1777 4. The World of George Rogers Clark, 1778-1787 5. The World of Josiah Harmar and John Francis Hamtramck, 1787-1790 6. The World of Little Turtle, 1790-1795 7. The World of Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, 1795-1810 8. The World of Tenskwatawa, 1795-1811 9. The World of Jonathan Jennings, 1800-1816 10. The End of the Frontier, 1816-1850 Epilogue: OThis Country of LibertyO Acknowledgments Essay on Sources Index

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