Re: Eastern Woodland Warfare Tactics

Posted by Rich on October 14, 1999 at 14:49:16:

In Reply to: Eastern Woodland Warfare Tactics posted by Dana S. on October 13, 1999 at 09:08:50:

: Most of my "war reading" as been about Ancient Britain. If anyone knows of any good books about "Ancient America", let me know.

"Ancient" can be relative ... if we mean pre & early contact, then the 1700 & 1800's can be "ancient" to the Plains tribes. So ... since that's my main historical interest, I'm much more familiar with titles to suggest. Regarding tribal warfare & tactics, if you're interested, two excellent books would be:

1 - The Fighting Cheyennes (George Bird Grinnell, University of Oklahoma Press)

2 - Counting Coup & Cutting Horses: Intertribal Warfare on the Northern Plains ... 1738-1889 (Anthony McGinnis, Cordillera Press, Inc.)

Another book, dealing mostly with Eastern Woodland, and especially, Great Lakes (Old Northwest) tribes - though not so much militarily - that I would highly recommend would be:

A Spirited Resistance: The North American Indian Struggle For Unity, 1745-1815 (Gregory Evans Dowd, The Johns Hopkins University Press)

There are SO many good ones out there!

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• Re: Eastern Woodland Warfare Tactics Dana S. 20:10:03 10/14/99 (2)
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: : Most of my "war reading" as been about Ancient Britain.  If anyone knows of any good books about "Ancient America", let me know.  

: "Ancient" can be relative ... if we mean pre & early contact, then the 1700 & 1800's can be "ancient" to the Plains tribes. So ... since that's my main historical interest, I'm much more familiar with titles to suggest. Regarding tribal warfare & tactics, if you're interested, two excellent books would be:

: 1 - The Fighting Cheyennes (George Bird Grinnell, University of Oklahoma Press)

: 2 - Counting Coup & Cutting Horses: Intertribal Warfare on the Northern Plains ... 1738-1889 (Anthony McGinnis, Cordillera Press, Inc.)

: Another book, dealing mostly with Eastern Woodland, and especially, Great Lakes (Old Northwest) tribes - though not so much militarily - that I would highly recommend would be:

: A Spirited Resistance: The North American Indian Struggle For Unity, 1745-1815 (Gregory Evans Dowd, The Johns Hopkins University Press)

: There are SO many good ones out there!


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