Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-321) and index.
Contents
Wilderness and the promised land -- The eastern woodland culture -- The tomahawk and the Cross -- Intertribal trade and warfare -- Anglo-America : the English colonies -- Family and household -- Hearth and home -- The French regime in Canada -- The fur trade -- The militia -- Flaming frontiers -- Tedious days and frightful nights -- Frontier fortifications -- The opening rounds of the conflict -- The final struggle for a continent.