The book
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Twelve movements, from the drowned lakebed and the first hunters to the drained swamp and the Glass City — the whole procession of those who were sure they owned the ground, and the river that kept none of their claims and all of their names.
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The Research Store
Every claim in the book stands on a verified source. Search the archived full texts — the treaties, the Jesuit Relations, the American State Papers — and the distilled facts behind the story.
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The People
The war chiefs, generals, and go-betweens the story names — Little Turtle, Tecumseh, Wayne, Perry — briefly drawn, in the order the land met them.
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