The purpose of this article has been to give a brief background for the century of conflict that saw the birth of America on this continent. The participants in this great struggle were varied and colorful, and I have hit upon only a few of the tribes and ignored several of the European countries involved. Though the conflicts were small by the European standards of the day, they were undoubtedly more decisive in terms of subsequent history. Fifteen years after the Battle of Blenheim, Europe was pretty much the same as before; fifteen years after the Battle of Rossbach, the same could be said. Fifteen years after the Battle of Quebec, the American colonies were on the verge of the greatest revolution the world has ever seen and the world has not been the same since. Recreating some of the events of this century can only hold a lasting appeal for the wargamer who wants to explore. List of Conflicts 1622-44 Powhatan War 1637 Pequot War 1641-45 Algonquin-Dutch War 1642-96 Iroquois-French Wars 1648-50 Iroquois-Huron War 1655-64 Dutch-Indian Wars 1671 Winnebago-Illinois War 1675-76 King Phillip's War 1675-78 First Abenaki War 1680 Pueblo Uprising 1689-97 King William's War 1702-12 Second Abenaki War 1702-13 Queen Anne's War 1704 Deerfield Massacre 1711-12 Tuscarora War 1715-16 Yamasee War 1722-25 Third Abenaki War 1744-48 King George's War 1754-63 French and Indian War 1757 Fort William Henry Massacre 1760-62 Cherokee War 1763-66 Pontiac's War 1774 Cresap's War 1774 Lord Dunmore's War 1775-83 American Revolution 1778 Wyoming Valley Massacre 1778 Cherry Valley Massacre 1779 Minisink Massacre 1782 British-Indian Raids 1790 Harmar's Defeat 1791 St. Claire's Defeat 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers 1812 War of 1812 1813-14 Creek War 1817-18 First Seminole War This list should give the reader some jumping-off points for further research into this fascinating period of American history. Uniform information can be obtained from the excellent books by the Company of Military Historians, as well as several books published by Blandford. in addition, some rules sets also give some basic uniform colors. Footnotes [1] Handbook of North American Indians ed. B.G. Trigger; Smithsonian Institution [2] Ibid [3] A Treatise on the Mode and Manner of Indian War, Their Tactics, Discipline and Encampments, etc. Col. James Smith; Parish, Kentucky, 1812 [4] Doctoral Dissertation, "Warfare of the Iroquois and Their Northern Neighbors" Raymond Scheele; Columbia University [5] see #3 [6] History of the Shawnee Indians Henry Harvey, 1855 [7] The Winning of the West Theodore Roosevelt [8] Ibid [9] Ibid [10] see #3 [11] Ibid [12] The Indians in Ohio H.C. Shetrone; F.S. Heer, Co. 1918 [13] see #3 [14] see #7 [15] see #3 [16] see #6 [17] see #12 [18] Ibid The Dictionary of Wars by George C. Kohn was also of some help in the preparation of this article, as wereseveral standard works on the French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution. I can also highly recommend President Washington's Indian War, and any of the books by Francis Parkman, as well as the series The Winning of the West by Theodore Roosevelt. FOR FURTHER READING Indians of the Americas National Geographic Society Indian Wars of the U.S. Army 1776-1865 F. Downey, Doubleday Co. The Woodlands Indians Ritzenthaler, Doubleday Co. 1970 Compact History of the Indian Wars J. Tebbel, Hawthorne The French and Indian Wars Hamilton, Doubleday Co. France and England in North America F. Parkman, Little, Brown and Co. 1905 (in several volumes, and available in more modern reprints) The American Indian Wars Tebbel & Jennison, Harper 1960 Indian Wars of the U.S. J. Frost, Derby and Miller, 1852 Indian Fighting Army F. Downey, Scribners, 1941 The Indian Wars of the U.S. E.S. Ellis, Cassel Publishing, 1892 The Military Journal of Major Ebenezer Dewey privately published by the author, 1785 (this one may be hard to come by) The Wars of the Iroquois G.T. Hunt Annals of Tryon County, or, the Border Warfare of New York, during the Revolution War. Campbell, Baker & Scribner, 1849 Great Lakes Indians: A Pictorial Guide W.J. Kubiak, Baker Book House, 1970 Pontiac and the Indian Uprising H. Peckhan, Princeton University Press, 1947 Indian Battles, Captivities and Adventures edited by John Frost, 1859 The Frontiersman; Gateway to Empire; Wilderness War these books of historical fiction by Allen Eckan are well researched and informative - they are a very palatable way to get into this period. More Woodlands Warfare America East of the Mississipi. Background The Antagonists Conclusion, Conflicts, and Bibliography Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. VIII No. 2 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1988 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com