MICHIANA HISTORY PUBLICATIONS
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS ON:
ILLINOIS-INDIANA-MICHIGAN-OHIO AND SELECTED OTHER STATES
Colonial Wars
McCoy, Raymond. The Massacre of Old Fort Mackinac (Michilimackkinac). A Tragedy of the American Frontier. With the Early History of St. Ignace, mackinaw City and Mackinac Island. Raymond McCoy. 1956. 169 pages. Softcover.
A short general history of the Mackinac country, plus a detailed account of the massacre of the British inhabitants of Old Fort Michilimackac in June 1763.
Price: $6.00
Baker, C. Alice. True Stories of New England Captives. Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars. Heritage Books. Bowie, Maryland. 1990 reprint of 1897 edition. 412 pages. Softcover.
Briefly describes the interactions which took place between the Europeans and the Indians along the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to Cuba prior to the establishment of permanent settlements, and then recounts in detail the events surrounding the subsequent Indian attacks at Wells and York, Maine; Dover, New Hampshire; and Hatfield, Haverhill, and Deerfield, Massachusetts. Includes genealogical information on some of the prominent captives. About 150 captives are mentioned, some only briefly.
Price: $27.50
Peyser, Joseph L. (editor). Letters from New France. The Upper Country, 1686-1783. University of Illinois Press. Urbana and Chicago. 1992. 248 pages. Hardcover.
This remarkable collection of historical documents, gleaned from archival repositories in Canada, France and the United States, relates the history of the French colonial military, religious and mercantile life and provides new insights into French interactions with Native Americans as well as decisions leading to the French and Indian War and the Spanish destruction of Fort St. Joseph, near present-day Niles, Michigan.
Price: $35.00