Table of Contents

List of Illustrations 

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

1. The Quest for a Just Peace, 1783-95

2. A New Diplomacy at Amherstburg, 1796-1803

3. British-Indian Relations in the North, 1796-1802

4. A New Society on the Grand River, 1784-180

5. John Norton and the Continuing Struggle at the Grand River, 1801-12

6. Restoring the Chain of Friendship in the West and in the North, 1801-12

Epilogue: Reassessing the Chain of Friendship, 1812 and Beyond

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Promotional Information

Examines British and Native relations in the Great Lakes region between the end of the American Revolution and the end of the War of 1812

About the Author

Timothy D. Willig is an assistant professor of history and coordinator of the Native American Studies Program at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York.

Reviews

"Restoring the Chain of Friendship does an admirable job of exploring the complications of British policy, and it does an even greater service for the field by explaining how native opinions and actions contributed to those complications."—John P. Bowes, Journal of American History

"Timothy D. Willig has made a major contribution to the field. . . . With the bicentennial of the War of 1812 not far off, it will be of special interest to those seeking to make sense of the varied native responses to that enigmatic conflict."—Sandy Antal, Northwest Ohio History

"Willig's analyses of Indian and British relations "on the ground" are persuasively connected to a history of policy development and implementation because he is able to incorporate a great deal of Native perspective."—Kiara M. Vigil, Michigan Historical Review