A Gathering of Rivers: Indians, Metis, and Mining in the Western Great Lakes, 1737-1832

by Lucy Eldersveld Murphy

Book Overview

In A Gathering of Rivers, Lucy Eldersveld Murphy traces the histories of Indian, multiracial, and mining communities in the western Great Lakes region during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. For a century the Winnebagos (Ho-Chunks), Mesquakies (Fox), and Sauks successfully confronted waves of French and British immigration by diversifying their economies and commercializing lead mining.

Focusing on personal stories and detailed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803282931
• ISBN13: 9780803282933
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"