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Masters of the Middle Waters M ASTERS of the MIDDLE WATER S Indian Nations and Colonial Ambitions along the Mississippi Jacob F. Lee THE BELKNAP PRESS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2019 M ASTERS of the MIDDLE WATER S Indian Nations and Colonial Ambitions along the Mississippi Jacob F. Lee THE BELKNAP PRESS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2019 Copyright © 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Cover Art: Henry Lewis, Falls of Saint Anthony, Upper Mississippi, 1847. © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, SpainTarker/Bridgeman Images Cover design: Annamarie McMahon Why 9780674239784 (EPUB) 9780674239791 (MOBI) 9780674239777 (PDF) The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Names: Lee, Jacob F., author. Title: Masters of the middle waters : Indian nations and colonial ambitions along the Mississippi / Jacob F. Lee. Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018039441 | ISBN 9780674987678 (cloth) Subjects: LCSH: Indians of North Amer i ca— Mississippi River Valley— Politics and government. | Indians of North Amer i ca— Mississippi River Valley— History. | Indians of North Amer i ca— Kinship— Mississippi River Valley. | Illinois Indians— History. | Illinois Indians— Politics and government. | Indians, Treatment of— Mississippi River Valley. | Mississippi River Valley— History. | Europe— Colonies— Amer i ca— History. Classification: LCC E78.M75 L44 2019 | DDC 977 / .01— dc23 LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2018039441 To my family CONT ENTS Introduction: Cities of the Living, Cities of the Dead 1 1. In Cahokia’s Wake 13 2. Conversions 49 3. Alliances and Fractures 84 4. A New World? 122 5. An Empire of Kin 156 6. Conquest 195 Conclusion: The Deep History of the Midcontinent 231 Abbreviations 239 Notes 243 Acknowl edgments 329 Credits 333 Index 335 Masters of the Middle Waters
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