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INDIAN FRONTIER CONFLICTS

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS General Sources.....p.1 Pennsylvania/Virginia -General Sources.....p.2 -Wyoming Valley, 1778.....p.3 Ohio & Northwest -General Sources.....p.4 -Clark's Campaigns.....p.4 -Sandusky Expedition, 1782.....p.5 New York/New England -General Sources.....p.6 -Sullivan Expedition, 1779.....p.7 -Willett's Expedition, 1783.....p.10

GENERAL SOURCES

Flint, Timothy. Indian Wars of the West: Containing Biographical Sketches of Those Pioneers Who Headed Western Settlers in Repelling the Attacks of the Savages. Cincinnati, OH: Flint, 1833. 240 p. E81.F62RareBook.

Gilmore, James R. (Edmund Kirke, pseud). The Rear Guard of the Revolution. NY: Appleton, 1886. 317 p. E263.N8.G4.

Graymont, Barbara. “The Border War: The Iroquois in the American Revolution”. PhD dss, Columbia, 1969. 566 p. E269.15.G73.

Mann, Barbara A. George Washington’s War on Native America. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005. 295 p. E230.5.N67.M36.

Shannon, Timothy J. “The Native American Way of War in the Age of Revolutions, 1754-1814.” In War in an Age of Revolution, 1775-1815. NY: Cambridge, 2010. pp. 137-58. U39.W36. Indian Frontier Conflicts p.2

Silver, Peter. Our Savage Neighbors: How Indian War Transformed Early America. NY: Norton, 2008. 406 p. E77.S55.

Sleeper-Smith, Susan. “’Ignorant Bigots and busy Rebels’: The American Revolution in the Western Great Lakes.” In The Sixty Years’ War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814. East Lansing, MI: MI State, 2001. pp. 145-65. F551.S59.

Stevens, Paul L. “His Majesty’s ‘Savage’ Allies: British Policy and the Northern Indians during the Revolutionary War: The Carleton Years, 1774-1778.” PhD dss, SUNY-Buffalo, 1984. 2496 p. E83.775.S83.Microfilm.

Tiro, Karim M. “Ambivalent Allies: Strategy and the Native Americans.” In Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach. NY: Routledge, 2010. pp. 120-40. E271.S77.

Van Every, Dale. A Company of Heroes: The American Frontier, 1775-1783. NY: Morrow, 1962. E263.N84.V3.

Waller, George MacGregor. American Revolution in the West. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1976. 153 p. E263.N84.W32.

Williams, Glenn F. Year of the Hangman: George Washington’s Campaign against the Iroquois. Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2005. 355 p. E233.W55.

See also: -Bibliography on Pre-20th Century Rangers in Rangers.

PENNSYLVANIA/VIRGINIA-General Sources

Doddridge, Joseph. Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1763-1783..... Baltimore: Clearfield, 1998 reprint of earlier editions. 320 p. F517.D62.

Hayden, Horace Edwin. A Brief Sketch of Captain Joseph Davis and Lieutenant William Jones of the Pennsylvania Line, Who Were Slain by the Indians at Laurel Run, PA., April 23, 1779. [Read before the Wyoming Historical & Geographical Society], 21 May 1897. Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1897. 17 p. E235.H42.

Moore, Roger H. The Bloodstained Field: A History of the Sugarloaf Massacre, September 11, 1780. Bowie, MD: Heritage, 2000. 108 p. E235.M66. Indian Frontier Conflicts p.3

Phelps, Mrs. John Case. An Address Delivered on the Occasion of the Erection of a Monument at Laurel Run, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1896, to Mark the Spot Where Captain Joseph Davis and Lieutenant William Jones Were Slain by Indians April 23, 1779. Wilkes- Barre, PA: Wyoming Historical & Geographical Society, 1897. 41 p. E235.P53.

Sadosky, Leonard. “Rethinking the Gnadenhutten Massacre: The Contest for Power in the Public World of the Revolutionary Pennsylvania Frontier.” In The Sixty Years’ War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814. East Lansing, MI: MI State, 2001. pp. 187-213. F551.S59.

Sherrard, Robert A. A Narrative of the Wonderful Escape and Dreadful Sufferings of Colonel James Paul..... Cincinnati, OH: Spiller, 1869. 22 p. E207.A36.A4. Bound in American Revolutionary Pamphlets, Vol. 22.

Shimmell, Lewis S. Border Warfare in Pennsylvania during the Revolution. Harrisburg, PA: Myers, 1901. 153 p. E263.P4.S5.

Simpson-Poffenbarger, Livia N. Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774: “First Battle of the Revolution.” [Edited by Charles W. Bennett] Parsons, WV: McClain Print, 1998. 155 p. E83.77.S567.

Swartz, Roger G. Fields of Honor: The Battle of Fort Freeland, July 28, 1779. Turbotville, PA: Warrior Run-Freedland Heritage Society, 1996. 114 p. E241.F74.S93.

PENNSYLVANIA/VIRGINIA-Wyoming Valley, 1778

Hayden, Horace E. Major John Garrett, Slain July 3, 1778: A Forgotten Hero of the Massacre of Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1985. 24 p. Bound in E241.W9.W9.

Matthews, Alfred. Ohio and Her Western Reserve: With a Story of Three States Leading to the Latter, from Connecticut, by Way of Wyoming, Its Indian Wars and Massacre. NY: Appleton, 1902. 330 p. F491.M37.

Miner, Charles. History of Wyoming..... Phila: Crissy, 1845. 592 p. F157.W9.M66RareBook. Includes lists of Continentals and civilians killed.

Scott, Eben G. Historical Address by...Delivered at the Wyoming Monument, July Third, 1893..... n.p.: Wyoming Commemorative Association, 1893. 18 p. E241.W9.S42.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Library. Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Wyoming: Hearings Before the…. Wash, DC: GPO, 1928. 16 p. E241.W9.U5. pp. 12-13 includes "the only list available of those killed in the battle and afterwards" (i.e., Continental troops, 3-6 Jul 1778). Indian Frontier Conflicts p.4

Wilcox, William A. The Flight from Wyoming: An Address at the Wyoming Monument on the Occasion of the One Hundred and Ninth Anniversary of the Battle and Massacre of Wyoming, July 2, 1887. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wilkes-Barre Record, 1900. 12 p. E241.W9.W6.

Wyoming Historical & Geographical Society. The Massacre of Wyoming: The Acts of Congress for the Defense of the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, 1776-1778... Wilkes-Barre, PA: 1895. 109 p. E241.W9.W9.

Zawadski, Alfonso S. "The British Viewpoint of the Battle of Wyoming." MA thesis, U Scranton, 1968. 109 p. E241.W9.Z32.

OHIO & NORTHWEST-General Sources

Hulbert, Archer B. Military Roads of the Mississippi Basin: The Conquest of the Old Northwest. Cleveland, OH: Clark, 1904. 237 p. HE355.H9v8.

Kellogg, Louise P., editor. Frontier Advance on the Upper Ohio, 1778-1779. Madison, WI: WI Historical Society, 1916. 509 p. F476.D729v4Microfilm.

_____. Frontier Retreat on the Upper Ohio, 1779-1781. Madison, WI: WI Historical Society, 1917. 549 p. F476.D729v5Microfilm.

Thwaites, Reuben G., & Kellogg, Louise P., editors. Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, 1777-1778. Madison, WI: WI Historical Society, 1912. 329 p. E230.5.O3.T5 & F476.D729v3Microfilm.

_____. The Revolution on the Upper Ohio, 1775-1777. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat, 1970 reprint of 1908 edition. 275 p. E230.5.O3.T6 & F476.D729v2Microfilm.

Stone, Lyle M. Fort Michilimackinac, 1715-1781; An Archaeological Perspective on the Revolutionary Frontier. East Lansing, MI: MI State, 1974. 367 p. UA26M17S7.

OHIO & NORTHWEST-Clark’s Campaigns

Alberts, Robert C. George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the Old Northwest. Wash, DC: National Park Service, 1975. 65 p. E263.N84.A42.

Barnhart, John D. Henry Hamilton and George Rogers Clark in the American Revolution: With the Unpublished Journal of Henry Hamilton. Crawfordsville, IN: Banta, 1951. 244 p. E234.H2.B3. Indian Frontier Conflicts p.5

Butterfield, Consul W. History of George Rogers Clark's Conquest of the Illinois and the Wabash Towns, 1778 and 1779. Boston: Gregg Press, 1972 reprint of 1904 edition. 815 p. E234.B99Microfilm.

Calendar of the George Rogers Clark Papers: Series J in the Draper Manuscripts. 14 microfiche. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of WI, 1979. F476.D73serJMicrofiche.

Clark, George Rogers. Col. George Rogers Clark's Sketch of his Campaign in the Illinois in 1778-9; ...and Major Bowman's Journal of the Taking of Post St. Vincents. Cincinnati, OH: Clarke, 1869. 119 p. E234C59.

_____. The Capture of Vincennes, 1779. Vol. 2. Boston: Old South Work, 1896. 16 p. E173.O44v2.

_____. George Rogers Clark Miscellanies Microfilm. 6 reels. Teaneck, NJ: Chadwyck-Healey, n.d. E207.C5.G46.

_____. George Rogers Clark Papers. [Edited by James A. James] 2 vols. Springfield, IL: IL State Historical Library, 1912. F536.I25v8.

Derleth, August W. Vincennes: Portal to the West. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1968. 210 p. E234.D35.

Harrison, Lowell H. George Rogers Clark and the War in the West Lexington, KY: U KY, 1976. 119 p. E263.N84.H37.

Havighurst, Walter. George Rogers Clark, Soldier in the West. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1952. 216 p. E207.C5.H3.

A List of Officers of the Illinois Regiment, and of Crockett's Regiment, Who have Received Land for Their Services: A List of Officers of the Illinois Regiment, Who have not Received Lands, for Revolutionary Services. A list of Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the Illinois Regiment, and the Western Army, under the Command of General George Rogers Clarke, Who are Entitled to Bounty in Land. A List of Captain Francis Charloville's Volunteers, Entitled to Two Hundred Acres of Land Each. Anchorage, KY: Borderland, 1962. 24 p. F545.F57.

OHIO & NORTHWEST-Sandusky Expedition, 1782

Butterfield, Consul W. An Historical Account of the Expedition against Sandusky under Col. William Crawford in 1782. Cincinnati, OH: Clarke, 1873. 403 p. E238.B98.

_____. Washington Irvine Correspondence. The Official Letters Which Passed between Washington and Brig. Gen. William Irvine and Between Irvine and Others Concerning Military Affairs in the West from 1781 to 1783. Arranged and Annotated, with an Introduction Containing an Outline of Events Occurring Previously in the Trans-Allegheny Country..... Madison, WI: Atwood, 1882. 430 p. E203.B98. Indian Frontier Conflicts p.6

Doddridge, Joseph. Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania…, cited above. F516.D64. See Chap 33.

Downes, Randolph C. Council Fires on the Upper Ohio: A Narrative of Indian Affairs in the Upper Ohio Valley until 1795. Pittsburg, PA: U Pittsburgh, 1940. pp. 278-85. F517.D68.

Egle, William H. Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution: A Guide to Locating and Knowing What Happened at the Sites of Independence. Vol. 2. Harrisburg, PA: Meyers, 1888. pp. 690-727. E263.P4.E4.

Paul, James. A Narrative of the Wonderful Escape and Dreadful Sufferings of Colonel James Paul, after the Defeat of Col. Crawford, when that Unfortunate Commander, and Many of his Men, were Inhumanly Burnt at the Stake, and Others were Slaughtered by Other Modes of Torture Known Only to Savages. [Transcribed by Robert A. Sherrard] Cincinnati, OH: Spiller, 1869. 22 p. E207.A36.A4.

Peckham, Howard H., editor. The Toll of Independence: Engagements and Battle Casualties of the American Revolution. Chicago: U Chicago, 1974. 176 p. E259.P4. See p. 96 for numerical strengths of Crawford's and Caldwell's forces.

Quaife, Milo M. “The Ohio Campaigns of 1782.” Mississippi Valley Historical Review (Mar 1931): pp. 515-29. E238.Q82.

Rose, John. “Journal of a Volunteer Expedition to Sandusky.” NY: NY Times, 1969 reprint of article from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 18, No. 2 (1894): pp. 130-57 & 293-328. E238.R62. “Rose” is Russian nobleman, Baron Gustavus Rosenthal, General William Irvine's adjutant.

Rosenthal, Gustavus. Journal of a Volunteer Expedition to Sandusky. NY: Arno, 1969. pp. 129-57 & 292-328. E238.R62.

NEW YORK/NEW ENGLAND-General Sources

Bleeker, Leonard. The Order Book of Capt. Leonard Bleeker, Major of Brigade, In the Early Part of the Expedition under Gen. James Clinton, against the Indian Settlements of Western New York, in the Campaign of 1779. NY: Sabin, 1865. 138 p. E235.B64.

Brant Miscellanies. 3 vols. on one reel. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of WI, 1949? F476.D73serG.Microfilm.

Campbell William W. The Border Warfare of New York, during the Revolution, or, the Annals of Tyron County. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1992 reprint of 1849 edition. 406 p. E263.N6.C35. Indian Frontier Conflicts p.7

Goodnough, David. The Cherry Valley Massacre, November 11, 1778; The Frontier Atrocity that Shocked a Young Nation. NY: Watts, 1968. 65 p. E241.C5.G65. Tories and Iroquois Indians attack Ft Alden, an Outpost guarding approach to Mohawk Valley.

Goodwin, Hermon C. Pioneer History: Or, Cortland County and the Border Wars of New York. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. NY: Burdick, 1859. 456 p. F127.C85.G6.

Graymont, Barbara. “The Border War: The Iroquois in the American Revolution”. PhD dss, Columbia, 1969. 566 p. E269.15.G73.

_____. The Iroquois in the American Revolution. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse U, 1972. 359 p. E99.I7.G67.

Hough, Franklin B. The Northern Invasion of October 1780: A Series of Papers Relating to the Expeditions from Canada under Sir John Johnson and Others against the Frontiers of New York which were Supposed to have Connection with Arnold's Treason. NY: n.p., 1866. 224 p. E236.H83.

Rathburn, Jonathan. Narrative...of the Capture of Fort Griswold, The Massacre That Followed, and the Burning of New London, Conn., September 6, 1781. NY: Arno, 1971 reprint of 1911 edition. 59 p. E241.G8.R22.

Roof, Garret L. Colonel John Brown, His Services in the Revolutionary War, Battle of Stone Arabia. Address, Oneida Historical Society, Utica, NY, 28 Apr 1884. 24 p. E207.B8.R7.

Soodalter, Ron. “Massacre & Retribution.” Military History (Sep 2011): pp. 44-53. Per.

Stone, William L. Life of Joseph Brant-Thayen Danegea...Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution..... NY: Dearborn, 1838. 2 vols. E90B8S88RareBook.

Williams, Glenn. Year of the Hangman: George Washington’s Campaign against the Iroquois. Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2005. 355 p. E233.W55.

NEW YORK/NEW ENGLAND-Sullivan Expedition, 1779

Bleeker, Leonard. The Order Book of Capt. Leonard Bleeker, Major of Brigade, in the Early Part of the Expedition under Gen. James Clinton, against the Indian Settlements of Western New York, in the Campaign of 1779. NY: Sabin, 1865. 138 p. E235.B64.

Campbell, William W. The Border Warfare of New York, during the Revolution; Or, the Annals of Tyron County, cited above. E263.N6.C35. See Chap. VI. Indian Frontier Conflicts p.8

Cook, Frederick. Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan against the Six Nations of Indians in 1779 with Records of Centennial Celebrations…. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000 reprint of 1887 edition. 579 p. E235.N53.

Eckert, Allan W. The Wilderness War: A Narrative. Boston: Little, Brown, 1978. 496 p. E235.E24.

Elwood, Mary C. An Episode of the Sullivan Campaign and Its Sequel. Rochester, NY: Post exPress Printing, 1904. 39 p. E235.E52.

Fischer, Joseph R. A Well-Executed Failure: The Sullivan Campaign Against the Iroquois, July- September 1779. Columbia, SC: U SC, 1997. 265 p. E235.F57. And his study of the same title, PhD dss, PA State, 1993. 279 p. E235.F57.

Fogg, Jeremiah. Journal of Major Jeremiah Fogg during the Expedition of Gen. Sullivan in 1779 against the Western Indians. Exeter, NH: New-Letter, 1879. 24 p. E235.F65.

Gore, Obadiah. The Revolutionary Diary of Lieut. Obadiah Gore, Jr. [Edited by R.W.G. Vail] NY: NY Public Library, 1929. 34 p. E175.G68.

Harding, Garrick M. The Sullivan Road. Paper read to Wyoming Valley Chap, Daughters of Amer Rev, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1899. 21 p. E234H26.

Hayden, Horace Edwin. A Brief Sketch of Captain Joseph Davis and Lieutenant William Jones of the Pennsylvania Line, Who Were Slain by the Indians at Laurel Run, PA., April 23, 1779. Wilkes- Barre, PA: Read before the Wyoming Historical & Geographical Society, 1897. 17 p. E235.H42.

Hubley, Adam. “Adm Hubley, Jr., Lt Colo. Comdt 11th Penna. Regt: His Journal, Commending at Wyoming, July 30th, 1779.” Phila: Lippincott, 1909 reprint from Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (Apr/Jul/Oct 1909): 57 p. E235.H87.

Lee, Wayne E. Barbarians and Brothers: Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865. NY: Oxford, 2011. 340 p. U39.L44. See Chap. 8.

Mintz, Max M. Seeds of Empire: The American Revolutionary Conquest of the Iroquois. NY: NY U, 1999. 232 p. E235.M56.

Moore, Rogan H. The Bloodstained Field: A History of the Sugarloaf Massacre, September 11, 1780. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000. 108 p. E235.M66.

Murray, Louise Wells, compiler. Order Book of Fort Sullivan and Extracts from Journals of Soldiers on Gen. Sullivan's Army Relating to Fort Sullivan at Tioga Point, Pennsylvania, 1779. Athens, PA: n.p., 1903. 55 p. E235.M98. Indian Frontier Conflicts p.9

New York (State). Secretary of State. Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan against the Six Nations of Indians in 1779; With Records of Centennial Celebrations. Auburn: Knapp, Peck & Thomson, 1887. 579 p. E235.N53.

[O'Reilly, Henry.] Notices of Sullivan's Campaign, or the Revolutionary Warfare in Western New-York: Embodied in the Addresses and Documents Connected with the Funeral Honors Rendered to Those who Fell with the Gallant Boyd in the Genesee Valley…. Rochester, NY: Alling, 1842. 191 p. E235.O66RareBook.

Phelps, John Case (Mrs.). An Address: Delivered on the Occasion of the Erection of a Monument at Laurel Run, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1896, to Mark the Spot Where Capt. Joseph Davis and Lt. William Jones of the Pennsylvania Line were Slain by the Indians, April 23, 1779: With a Sketch of These two Officers by Rev. Horace E. Hayden. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 1897. 41 p. E235.P53.

Rising, Oscar E. A New Hampshire Lawyer in General Washington’s Army: A Biographical Sketch of Hon. John Sullivan, LL. D., Major General in the Continental Army, and an Account of the Expedition under his Command against the Six Indian Nations in 1779. Geneva, NY: W.F. Humphrey, 1915. 120 p. E207.S9.R59.

Stryker, William S. General Maxwell’s Brigade of the New Jersey Continental Line in the Expedition against the Indians in the Year 1779. Trenton, NJ: W.S. Sharp, 1885. 66 p. E235.S92.

The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign in 1779: Chronology and Selected Documents. Albany, NY: SUNY, 1929. 216 p. E235.S84.

Utica, NY, Public Library. Bibliography of Sullivan's Expedition Against the Six Nations in 1779. Utica, NY, 1929. 22 p. Z1238.U88.

Trussell, John B.B., Jr. "Forgotten Victory: The Sullivan Expedition of 1779." Parameters (No 2, 1976): pp. 40-53. Per.

Whittemore, Charles P. A General of the Revolution: John Sullivan of New Hampshire. NY: Columbia, 1961. 317 p. E207.S9.N52.

Williams, Glenn T. “The Battle of Newtown, 29 September 1779: An Aggressive Attack Carried Out with Audacity.” On Point (Fall 2006): pp. 8-15. Per.

Wright, Albert H. The Sullivan Expedition of 1779: The Regimental Rosters of Men. n.p., 1965? 144 p. E235.W74. Indian Frontier Conflicts p.10

NEW YORK/NEW ENGLAND-Willett’s Expedition, 1783

Clarke, T. Wood. The Bloody Mohawk. NY: Macmillan, 1940. p. 297. F127.M55.C6.

History of Oswego County, New York..... Phila: Everts, 1877. pp. 40-41. Cox Coll, Reel #29.Microfilm.

Lossing, B.J. Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution. Vol. I. NY: Harper, 1850. p. 220. E208.L883v1.

Thomas, Howard. Marinus Willett, Soldier, Patriot, 1740-1830. Prospect, NY: Prospect Books, 1954. 242 p. E207.W65.T46.

Washington, George. The Writings of George Washington..... Vol. 26. Wash, DC; GPO, 1938. pp. 47, 52, 57, 90-93, 165 & 190. E312.7.1932v26.

Willett, William M. A Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett, Taken Chiefly from his Own Manuscript. NY: Arno, 1969 reprint of 1831 edition. pp. 90-93. E207.W65.W72.