Bones on the Ground

Description

There are conflicting portraits of what happened to the Indians of the Old Northwest Territory. The answers often depend on who’s telling the story| with each participant bending and stretching the truth to fit their own view of themselves and the world. Bones on the Ground| presents biographical sketches and first-person narratives of Native Americans| Indian traders| Colonial and American leaders| and events that shaped the Indians’ struggle to maintain possession of their tribal lands in the face of the widespread advancement of white settlement.