DOCSLIB.ORG

Wilderness War Playbook

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Wilderness War Playbook PLAYBOOKPLAYBOOK WildernessWilderness WarWar Strategic Game of the French & Indian War Designed by Volko Ruhnke CONTENTS Scenarios . 2 Extended Example of Play Annus Mirabilis (1757-59) . 2 The Year 1757 . 7 Early War Campaign (1755-59) . 3 Strategy Notes . 13 Late War Campaign (1757-62) . 4 Card Notes . 16 The Full Campaign (1755-62) . 4 Historical Chronology . 18 Combat Examples . 5 Design Notes . 22 Wilderness Battle: Selected Sources. 24 The Monongahela, 1755. 5 Raids on the Frontier: The Shenandoah Valley, 1756 . 5 Amphibious Landing: Gabarus Bay and Louisbourg, 1758 . 6 Battle Outside a Fortress: GMT The Plains of Abraham, 1759 . 6 GAMES WILDERNESS WAR and types are placed. This is also true one 1-value HIGHLANDERS SCENARIOS for the Provinicials, as long as ROYAL AMERICANS Northern and Southern units are ACADIANS EXPELLED discriminated. Indian units, however, WILLIAM PITT WILDERNESS WAR has four must be set up according to tribal DIPLOMATIC REVOLUTION scenarios: name. INTRIGUES AGAINST SHIRLEY Annus Mirabilis (1757-59)—The Tournament Scenario Set up all units at full strength. Then shuffle the deck and deal each Early War Campaign (1755-59)— player nine cards—the number each Intermediate Scenario One will receive each season of this Late War Campaign (1757-62)— * * * * * scenario (unless the British play Intermediate Scenario Two QUIBERON to reduce the French hand The Full Campaign (1755-62)— to seven cards). Extended Scenario Annus Mirabilis (1757-59) Tournament Scenario PLAY NOTE: As indicated on The scenarios that begin in the same the HIGHLANDERS cards, precon- year use the same counter setups, and Historical Note: The British called ditions to play the HIGHLANDERS those that end in the same year use 1759 the “Year of Miracles” (in events apply only in the 1755 the same victory conditions (see rule Latin, Annus Mirabilis) because scenarios. In this scenario (and in 12.1 How to Win). the victory bells in London that year the Late War scenario), the seemed never to cease ringing. The British player is allowed to play Map Setup Abbreviations British in 1759 captured French HIGHLANDERS events whenever he As an aid to setting up, spaces on the forts Carillon, St-Frédéric, and receives them. In this and the game map are marked with abbrevi- Niagara. In Germany, they and Late War scenarios, the WILLIAM ated setup instructions for 1757 (the their Hanoverian allies defeated a PITT and DIPLOMATIC REVOLU- starting point of Annus Mirabilis and French army at the Battle of TION Events are considered the Late War Campaign). Abbrevia- Minden. Most importantly, General already to have occurred. Thus, tions are: Wolfe took Québec while Admiral both players receive nine cards, Hawke broke the French fleet at and Highlanders, Amherst, C: Coureurs Quiberon Bay—these last events all Forbes and Wolfe are available. F: Fort but sealing the fate of Canada. HL: Highland (4-4) Markers I: Indian Length of Game “VP” at French 4. Ldr: Leader This scenario focuses in on the “Season - French First” on Early MD: Marine Detachment (1-4) period of transition (historically) Season 1757. Mil: Militia from French to British ascendancy. It “Provincial Assemblies” at Support- P: Provinicial begins at the British low-point in the ive. R: Regular (3-4) war, 1757, and continues through the “French Allied” at Mingo Town, RA: Royal American (4-4) end of 1759, when (historically) Logstown, Pays d’en Haut, Ra: Ranger British victory was all but ensured. Mississauga. S: Stockade This scenario involves just six hands Important: The PITT event has Fort Under Construction of cards and can be completed in two occurred, so the HIGHLANDERS to three hours. Play begins with the events may be played. first French Action Phase of Early Note that the setup for the 1755 Season 1757 and ends after Late Setup scenarios (the Early War Campaign Season 1759 (barring an earlier This scenario uses the setup informa- and the Full Campaign) differs from Sudden Death). tion marked on the map. these markings on the map. Cards French Forts Unit Designations Use only cards #1-62. Ticonderoga (Fort Carillon) The designations for the 3-4 Regu- Crown Point (Fort St-Frédéric) lars, Rangers and Coureurs are for Set aside cards #63-70, which are Niagara (Fort Niagara) historical interest only—it is not marked “1755 scenarios.” They are not Ohio Forks (Fort Duquesne) necessary to set up units by designa- used in this scenario. They are: tion, as long as the right quantities one FRENCH REGULARS one BRITISH REGULARS Page 2 Playbook Game of the French & Indian War French Stockades British Stockades Île-aux-Noix (Fort Île-aux-Noix) Schenectady (Forts Johnson and Early War Campaign St-Jean (Forts Chambly and St-Jean) Hunter) (1755-59) Oswegatchie (La Galette and La Hoosic (Fort Massachusetts) Présentation) Charlestown (Fort No.4) Intermediate Scenario One Cataraqui (Fort Frontenac) Augusta and Woodstock (Virginia Toronto (Fort Rouillé) fortification line) Length of Game Presqu’île (Fort Presqu’île) Carlisle, Harris’s Ferry, Lancaster, This scenario uses the same victory French Creek (Fort Le Boeuf ) Reading and Easton (Pennsylvania conditions as Annus Mirabilis but Venango (Fort Machault) fortification line) begins with the landing at Alexandria of two British regiments from Ireland French Leaders and Units British Leaders and Units and the arrival of six French army Louisbourg: Drucour, 3 x 3-4 Regu- Winchester: 1 x 2-4 Southern battalions at Louisbourg and Québec. lars (Marine, Artois, Bourgogne), 1 Provincials (Virginia) These regular reinforcements sig- x Coureurs (Boishébert Acadian) Shepherd’s Ferry: 1 x 2-4 Southern nalled the onset in 1755 of direct Québec: Lévis, 3 x 3-4 Regulars Provincials (Maryland) conflict in America between British (Marine, Guyenne, La Reine) Carlisle: 1 x 2-4 Southern and French crown. Montréal: Montcalm, Vaudreuil, 2 x Provincials (Pennsylvania) 3-4 Regulars (Béarn, LaSarre), 1 x Shamokin: 1 x 2-4 Southern The formal, European war has not Coureurs (Repentigny), Huron, Provincials (Pennsylvania) yet begun and fewer forces are Potawatomi, Ojibwa, Mississauga Philadelphia: 1 x 4-4 Royal Ameri- available than in the 1757 scenarios. Crown Point: 1 x 1-4 (Marine cans (1/60th) Montcalm has yet to arrive, for Detachment), 1 x Coureurs New York: Loudoun, Abercromby, 3 example, and Pennsylvania and (Perière) x 3-4 Regulars (22nd, 27th, 35th), Virginia have not yet constructed Ticonderoga: Rigaud, Bougainville, 2 3 x 4-4 Royal Americans (2/60th, their border defenses. x 3-4 Regulars (Languedoc, Royal 3/60th, 4/60th) Roussillon), 1 x Coureurs (Marin) Albany: Dunbar, 2 x 3-4 Regulars Play begins with the first French Cataraqui: Villiers, 1 x 1-4 (Marine (44th, 48th) Action Phase of Early Season 1755 Detachment), 1 x Coureurs (Léry) Hudson Carry South: Webb, 1 x and ends after Late Season 1759 Niagara: 1 x 1-4 (Marine Detach- Rangers (Rogers), 3 x 2-4 North- (barring an earlier Sudden Death). It ment), 1 x Coureurs (Joncaire) ern Provincials (Massachusetts, should take at most five hours to Presqu’île: 1 x 1-4 (Marine Detach- Connecticut, Rhode Island) complete. ment) Hudson Carry North: 2 x 2-4 North- French Creek: 1 x 1-4 (Marine ern Provincials (New Hampshire, Cards Detachment) New Jersey) Use all cards (#1-70). Shuffle and Venango: 1 x Coureurs (Langlade) Schenectady: Johnson, 1 x 2-4 deal each player eight cards—the Ohio Forks: Dumas, 2 x 1-4 (Marine Northern Provincials (New York), number each player will receive each Detachment), 1 x Coureurs 1 x 4-4 Highland (1/42nd) season, until certain events that may (Ligneris) Halifax: Monckton, 3 x 3-4 Regulars increase either player’s hand size to Logstown: 1 x Shawnee (40th, 45th, 47th) nine cards or decrease the French Mingo Town: 1 x Mingo Southern Militias: 1 x Colonial hand to seven cards. Militia Important: Dieskau and Beaujeu Markers are not used in this scenario. Leader Pool: Place Amherst, “VP” at 0. Bradstreet, Forbes, Murray and “Season - French First” on Early British Forts Wolfe into an opaque container so Season 1755. Hudson Carry South (Fort Edward) that they can be drawn randomly. “Provincial Assemblies” at Support- Hudson Carry North (Fort William ive. Henry) Important: Braddock and Shirley “French Allied” at Pays d’en Haut, Will’s Creek (Fort Cumberland) are not used in this scenario. Kahnawake and St-François. Shamokin (Fort Augusta) “British Allied” at Canajoharie. British Forts Under Construction * * * * * Setup Winchester (Fort Loudoun) The setup for this scenario differs Shepherd’s Ferry (Fort Frederick) from the 1757 setup shown on the map. Copyright © 2001 GMT Games Page 3 WILDERNESS WAR French Forts British Stockades came within sight in late 1762. Crown Point (Fort St-Frédéric) Oneida Carry West (Fort Bull) Niagara (Fort Niagara) Oneida Carry East (Fort Williams) Play begins with Early Season 1757 Ohio Forks (Fort Duquesne) Schenectady (Forts Johnson & and ends after Late Season 1762, Hunter) barring a Sudden Death. This French Stockades Hoosic (Fort Massachusetts) scenario could take as long as five Île-aux-Noix (Fort Île-aux-Noix) Charlestown (Fort No.4) hours to complete if it goes all the St-Jean (Forts Chambly and St-Jean) way to 1762. Oswegatchie (La Galette and La British Leaders and Units Présentation) Oswego: 1 x 2-4 Northern Cards Cataraqui (Fort Frontenac) Provincials (New York) Use the same card deck preparation Toronto (Fort Rouillé) Albany: Shirley, Johnson, 5 x 2-4 as found in the Tournament Scenario, Presqu’île (Fort Presqu’île) Northern Provincials (Rhode Annus Mirabilis. French Creek (Fort Le Boeuf) Island, Connecticut, New Hamp- Venango (Fort Machault) shire, 2 x Massachusetts), 2 x Markers and Setup Mohawk Use the same setup of units and French Leaders and Units Halifax: Monckton, 1 x 3-4 Regulars markers as is found in the Tourna- Louisbourg: Drucour, 3 x 3-4 Regu- (47th) ment Scenario, Annus Mirabilis.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Black Robes at the Edge of Empire: Jesuits, Natives, and Colonial Crisis in Early Detroit, 1728-1781 Eric J
    The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Electronic Theses and Dissertations Fogler Library Spring 5-10-2019 Black Robes at the Edge of Empire: Jesuits, Natives, and Colonial Crisis in Early Detroit, 1728-1781 Eric J. Toups University of Maine, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd Part of the Canadian History Commons, Diplomatic History Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Toups, Eric J., "Black Robes at the Edge of Empire: Jesuits, Natives, and Colonial Crisis in Early Detroit, 1728-1781" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2958. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2958 This Open-Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. BLACK ROBES AT THE EDGE OF EMPIRE: JESUITS, NATIVES, AND COLONIAL CRISIS IN EARLY DETROIT, 1728-1781 By Eric James Toups B.A. Louisiana State University, 2016 A THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (in History) The Graduate School The University of Maine May 2019 Advisory Committee: Jacques Ferland, Associate Professor of History, Advisor Stephen Miller, Adelaide & Alan Bird Professor and History Department Chair Liam Riordan, Professor of History BLACK ROBES AT THE EDGE OF EMPIRE: JESUITS, NATIVES, AND COLONIAL CRISIS IN EARLY DETROIT, 1728-1781 By Eric James Toups Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jacques Ferland An Abstract of the Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (in History) May 2019 This thesis examines the Jesuit missionaries active in the region of Detroit and how their role in that region changed over the course of the eighteenth century and under different colonial regimes.
    [Show full text]
  • Oriskany:Aplace of Great Sadness Amohawk Valley Battelfield Ethnography
    National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Ethnography Program Northeast Region ORISKANY:APLACE OF GREAT SADNESS AMOHAWK VALLEY BATTELFIELD ETHNOGRAPHY FORT STANWIX NATIONAL MONUMENT SPECIAL ETHNOGRAPHIC REPORT ORISKANY: A PLACE OF GREAT SADNESS A Mohawk Valley Battlefield Ethnography by Joy Bilharz, Ph.D. With assistance from Trish Rae Fort Stanwix National Monument Special Ethnographic Report Northeast Region Ethnography Program National Park Service Boston, MA February 2009 The title of this report was provided by a Mohawk elder during an interview conducted for this project. It is used because it so eloquently summarizes the feelings of all the Indians consulted. Cover Photo: View of Oriskany Battlefield with the 1884 monument to the rebels and their allies. 1996. Photograph by Joy Bilharz. ExEcuTivE SuMMARy The Mohawk Valley Battlefield Ethnography Project was designed to document the relationships between contemporary Indian peoples and the events that occurred in central New York during the mid to late eighteenth century. The particular focus was Fort Stanwix, located near the Oneida Carry, which linked the Mohawk and St. Lawrence Rivers via Wood Creek, and the Oriskany Battlefield. Because of its strategic location, Fort Stanwix was the site of several critical treaties between the British and the Iroquois and, following the American Revolution, between the latter and the United States. This region was the homeland of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy whose neutrality or military support was desired by both the British and the rebels during the Revolution. The Battle of Oriskany, 6 August 1777, occurred as the Tryon County militia, aided by Oneida warriors, was marching to relieve the British siege of Ft.
    [Show full text]
  • The Bateau, a Shallow Flat-Bottomed Double Sided Boat, Was Used
    Connecting the “The Great WATERWAYS OF WAR Carrying Place” The east-west route from Albany and the Hudson River to the Great Located between the eastward Lakes was used in every early flowing Mohawk River and the American conflict as a necessary waterway of war. It facilitated westward flowing Wood Creek the early fur trade, and transported the Oneida Carry, or “The Great the men and materials in both Carrying Place,” was a stretch of offensive and defensive military land varying seasonally between actions on notable locations throughout the theater of conflict. one and six miles. Control of this portage meant control of the entire Albany- Lake Ontario waterway. British fortifications located along the portage were of primary concern. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division The British needed to keep the portage open to facilitate east-west travel to and from Oswego and the Great Lake’s theater of conflict during the French and Indian War. The portage was vulnerable to French attack and Fort’s Williams and Bull were constructed at each end of the portage in its defense. Fort Bull was destroyed in 1756 and replaced by Fort Wood Creek, and Fort Williams was THE ONEIDA CARRY replaced with the stronger Fort Craven. The British investment in men, money, and materials in this location was significant, and later Fort Stanwix was constructed in its defense. THE BATEAU The bateau, a shallow flat-bottomed double sided boat, was used extensively throughout North America, especially during the colonial and fur trading period. Derived from French for boat, its plural form is bateaux.
    [Show full text]
  • The Scottish Highland Regiments in the French and Indian
    Eastern Illinois University The Keep Masters Theses Student Theses & Publications 1968 The cottS ish Highland Regiments in the French and Indian War Nelson Orion Westphal Eastern Illinois University This research is a product of the graduate program in History at Eastern Illinois University. Find out more about the program. Recommended Citation Westphal, Nelson Orion, "The cS ottish Highland Regiments in the French and Indian War" (1968). Masters Theses. 4157. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/4157 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Theses & Publications at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. PAPER CERTIFICATE #3 To: Graduate Degree Candidates who have written formal theses. Subject: Permission to reproduce theses. The University Library is rece1v1ng a number of requests from other institutions asking permission to reproduce dissertations for inclusion in their library holdings. Although no copyright laws are involved, we feel that professional courtesy demands that permission be obtained from the author before we allow theses to be copied. Please sign one of the following statements. Booth Library of Eastern Illinois University has my permission to lend my thesis to a reputable college or university for the purpose of copying it for inclusion in that institution's library or research holdings. I respectfully request Booth Library of Eastern Illinois University not allow my thesis be reproduced
    [Show full text]
  • The Triumph of Britannia?
    CLASH OF EMPIRES: THE BRITISH, FRENCH & INDIAN WAR 1754 - 1763 CHAPTER 9 The Triumph of Britannia? FIER THE FALL OF NEW FRANCE and the stunning victories of the Seven Years' War, British officials turned their attention to the defense and administration of the newly enlarged American empire. For the first time, British leaders had to face the challenges of ruling large numbers of non-Protestant subjects. With 90,000 Catholic subjects in Canada, and at least 50,000 Native Americans (including perhaps 10,000 warriors) living east of the Mississippi River, a large military presence (7,500 regulars) seemed necessary. Rather than burdening British taxpayers, who had footed the enormous costs of the war, Great Britain now expected American colonists to pay for their own defense. At the same time, Parliament enacted a series of measures to centralize colonial administration and enforce trade laws. Once treated as imperial partners rather than dependents by the wartime administration of William Pitt, many American colonists bristled at what they believed was a systematic effort to deprive them of their British liberties. The burst of pro-British patriotic fervor that had briefly spanned the Atlantic Ocean quickly gave way to protests and recriminations. BRITONS OR AMERICANS? The 1765 Stamp Act and the colonial protests that followed have long been viewed as the first steps leading to the American Revolution. The decade that ended in April 1775 with the outbreak of rebellion in Massachusetts would be better characterized as a struggle to define the relationship between mother country and colonies rather than a drive for independence.
    [Show full text]
  • [Pennsylvania County Histories]
    ^ 7 v~v f f2 3 /%> // V - ^ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from This project is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniacoun64unse <* 4 4. I * s Page s Page T U V w w w X Y Z k. amin Lewis, Henry Lei John Harrison, Augustus Stoner, Wm. Adams, John Bell, Daniel Sheesley, John Black, Yvt-. t — i Chas. Gobin, Geo. W:olff. Wm, Geary, Jack Robins, Wm. Murdock, John Young, Joseph Wallis, Jacob Keberling, ■ r I John Watson, Daniel Beatty, Henry Landerslice, Robert Coldern, iX-La-— | ^ i John Dickinson. Helic,of Sixty-one, W. A. Imbody~pTc^e3r'u|D’)odv picked a Miltonic■•• V M on the street on Monday last bearing da - July 5, 1861. It contfiins president Li. coin’s first address, an account of the fL raising at Mr. Geo. Baker’s Mill, whit, was made a great event, and advertise » —Y coal oil at $1.30 per gallon besides mai ■ ,¥ fit STORK other items of interest. Frick and Fur,- were the editors at that time although tl junior editor had “gone to the from Miltonian. [FOR THE AMERICAN. Old Document.—The following is a copy of petition Ihe Famous Duel Between Brady; filed in the archives at Harrisburg : To the Honorable the Representation of the Freemen of the State of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly and Lew Eiditv Years Ap. met at Philadelphia the twenty-second day of October, < | A.
    [Show full text]
  • QR Tour Statistics Safety Get Started
    Susquehanna Greenway Driving Tour Welcome to the Susquehanna Greenway, a corridor of parks, trails, and river communities stretching over 500 miles along the Susquehanna River. It is Pennsylvania’s longest greenway! The Susquehanna River has been a corridor of commerce to the Chesapeake Bay from the time that Native Americans first inhabited its shores, through the canal and industrial periods, and remains so today. The Susquehanna River Watershed provides half of the fresh water entering the Bay and drinking water to over six million people. This tour will reveal some of the historic, economic, and geographic connections between the Susquehanna River corridor and the Chesapeake Bay for many of the communities we visit. Along the way, we hope you will sense the pride river communities have with their connection to this critical resource. The cultural and natural history of the Susquehanna River is centuries long and the impact of the river is longer still when you consider geological time. This tour will guide you through both and suggest you linger when you want to explore more QR at selected stops, viewpoints, and historic river towns. Smartphones with a QR code reader can scan code for audio track! Tour Statistics 95 miles 2.5 hours total driving time 22 tour stops, each with a narrative audio track Get Started Print this tour booklet Download the audio tracks to your MP3 player or burn them to a CD to play your car Smartphone users with a QR code app can listen to tracks by scanning the code at each stop At Stop #1, play Track #1, etc.
    [Show full text]
  • National Significance and Historical Context
    2.1 2 National Signifi cance and Historical Context NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERVIEW Th e Erie Canal is the most successful and infl uential human-built waterway and one of the most important works of civil engineering and construction in North America. It facilitated and shaped the course of settlement of the North- east, Midwest, and Great Plains, knit together the Atlantic Seaboard with the area west of the Appalachian Mountains, solidifi ed New York City’s place as the young nation’s principal seaport and commercial center, and became a central element forging the national identity. New York’s canal system, including the Erie Canal and its laterals – principally the Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals – opened the interior of the continent. Built through the only low-level gap between the Appalachian Mountain chain and the Adirondack Mountains, the Erie Canal provided one of the principal routes for migration and an economical and reliable means for transporting agricultural products and manufactured goods between the American interior, the eastern seaboard, and Europe. Th e Erie Canal was a heroic feat of early 19th century engineering and construc- tion, and at 363 miles long, more than twice the length of any canal in Europe. Photo: It was without precedent in North America, designed and built through sparsely Postcard image of canal basin in Clinton Square, Syracuse, ca. 1905 settled territory by surveyors, engineers, contractors, and laborers who had to learn much of their craft on the job. Engineers and builders who got their start on New York’s canals went on to construct other canals, railroads, and public water supplies throughout the new nation.
    [Show full text]
  • Butlers of the Mohawk Valley: Family Traditions and the Establishment of British Empire in Colonial New York
    Syracuse University SURFACE Dissertations - ALL SURFACE December 2015 Butlers of the Mohawk Valley: Family Traditions and the Establishment of British Empire in Colonial New York Judd David Olshan Syracuse University Follow this and additional works at: https://surface.syr.edu/etd Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Olshan, Judd David, "Butlers of the Mohawk Valley: Family Traditions and the Establishment of British Empire in Colonial New York" (2015). Dissertations - ALL. 399. https://surface.syr.edu/etd/399 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the SURFACE at SURFACE. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations - ALL by an authorized administrator of SURFACE. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Abstract: Butlers of the Mohawk Valley: Family Traditions and the Establishment of British Empire in Colonial New York Historians follow those tributaries of early American history and trace their converging currents as best they may in an immeasurable river of human experience. The Butlers were part of those British imperial currents that washed over mid Atlantic America for the better part of the eighteenth century. In particular their experience reinforces those studies that recognize the impact that the Anglo-Irish experience had on the British Imperial ethos in America. Understanding this ethos is as crucial to understanding early America as is the Calvinist ethos of the Massachusetts Puritan or the Republican ethos of English Wiggery. We don't merely suppose the Butlers are part of this tradition because their story begins with Walter Butler, a British soldier of the Imperial Wars in America.
    [Show full text]
  • Introduction
    INTRODUCTION The manu:script ' vol~es , presented here o~te4Ur tWo different g<>v­ erruneiltiU 'bodies and therefore provide two different kinds 'of-information. The two "In.dian Books" are a 'record of His MajeStY'sq>uiicil in SOtith CarOlina and were kept by its cle&- Dlirihg thcI756s; lirgely beca~ of tile deep ~oncern and eneigy~-c:if GoVernor JaniesGlen, 'Iridian lifF.iirsbec:ime tlle aliriOsti exclusive provinee of the governor in cOiuicil: 'Two attdmp'ts by ehe CommonS' HOuse of' AsSembly, the lower legislative 1!9dy, to'gam anieasure of coni:tOl;'fir:st' bY iWning' a 'committee to ad with the governor an!! council" aM then by appointing" a ' <;:Ommissionet · o£~diart Affairs and; adopfuig regu­ lations' for the entire Iridian::trade, were ineffective. ' The primary recOrd ' o~ the province's Indian affairs is aCc6rdipgly to be foUrid in the coUncil journals.' , The "Indian , Books" are th~ in a 'sense supplementary to the Council Journals: ' In 'f750,the clerk- of 'the cOuncil was instnicted, to set ~p a line of demai'cation between the two records: documents subniitted to the council by the gqvemof were to be included in tho JoUrnal, ali 'Well as in the "Indian BOOk"; ' dOcurii~ts, rtceived , as ~fol'JIlliti'on cOpies were to be recorded filly oilly in,the "Indi~ : Book.'" Unfortuna,tely,this clear eJistinCtion was Soon lOst. The' "Indian Bpoks,'; 'although' they 'give little infonftation about the offi­ cia1liGtJonof the 'cOtiD.cij, do rontaina 'number of paperS which werecOnsidei-ed by it, andreCdroed in: itijouinals• . The 'great' mass of doCiiriients in' the "Indian BQ(iIts," ,Iiowevef ,'did not.receive the formlU.
    [Show full text]
  • The Reports of Our Death Are Greatly Exaggerated - Reflections on the Resilience of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York
    BYU Law Review Volume 2018 Issue 6 Article 5 Spring 5-1-2019 The Reports of Our Death Are Greatly Exaggerated - Reflections on the Resilience of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York Allison M. Dussias Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Allison M. Dussias, The Reports of Our Death Are Greatly Exaggerated - Reflections on the Resilience of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York, 2018 BYU L. Rev. 1231 (2019). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vol2018/iss6/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Brigham Young University Law Review at BYU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Law Review by an authorized editor of BYU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 002.DUSSIAS_FIN2_NOHEADERS.DOCX (DO NOT DELETE) 5/6/19 2:18 PM The Reports of Our Death Are Greatly Exaggerated— Reflections on the Resilience of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York Allison M. Dussias* CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1232 II. PRELIMINARY MATTERS: DEFINING RESILIENCE, FOCUSING ON THE NATION .................................................................................... 1235 A. Defining Resilience ............................................................................. 1235 B. Focusing on the Oneida Indian Nation of New York........................ 1236 III. ONEIDA RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF DISPOSSESSION OF LAND, DENIAL OF EXISTENCE, AND DENIGRATION OF SOVEREIGNTY .......................... 1238 A. “We Want Your Land—and We Are Willing to Break the Law to Get It. What’s Yours Is Ours.” ........................................................ 1239 1. The Oneida Nation: America’s “first ally” ................................. 1239 2. After the war was over: National treaty guarantees, state expropriation ..................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine
    THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE Volume 46 July 1963 Number 3 BUSHY RUN: DECISIVE BATTLE IN THE WILDERNESS Pennsylvania and the Indian Rebellion of 1763 Niles Anderson Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us. —Ecclesiasticus 44:1 should ring for Colonel Henry Bouquet and western Penn- sylvanians should give obeisance this 200th year of the anni- Bellsversary of the Battle of Bushy Run. This was the battle in which on August 5 and 6, 1763, Colonel Bouquet's intrepid little army of less than 500 men repulsed an almost equal number of Indians on the hilltops east of Harrison City, Westmoreland County. This was the battle that assured the relief of Indian-invested Fort Pitt and that marked the turning point in the break-up of the wide- spread Indian rebellion — misnamed "Pontiac's Conspiracy" — that for a time threatened to wipe out all inroads of white civilization inthe frontier country and when, as one writer has stated, "Anglo-Saxon civilization stood in the presence of the greatest crisis of its history along the frontiers of Pennsylvania." l This paper is the basis of an address delivered <at a meeting of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania on April 10, 1963. Mr. Anderson is the Solicitor for the Board of Public Education, a graduate of the Law School of the University of Pittsburgh, and a Colonel in the United States Army Reserve, Retired.—Ed. 1 History of Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania, George P. Donehoo, editor, Susquehanna History Association, Harrisburg, 1930, Vol. I,189. At p.
    [Show full text]