Firewater : the impact of the whiskey trade on the Blackfoot Nation
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1894004965
ISBN 13
9781894004961
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
2002
Publisher
Pages
256
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Abstract
Firewater "reveals the disturbing and controversial history of Montana whisky traders and the Blackfoot nation. Between 1870 and 1875, hundreds of Blackfoot died, became impoverished, and lost their sense of self as a result of this "noxious trade," forever damaging their communities, families, and legacy."--Back cover.
Description
248 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Biblio Notes
Contents:
1. Beginnings of the liquor trade
2. The turbulent sixties
3. The merchants
4. Off to the British possessions
5. Rush to the North
6. The standoff
7. A devastating traffic
8. The wolfers & the Cypress Hills massacre
9. The Canadian response
10. Chaos and misery
11. Unsettled times
12. Vagaries of the law
13. Beginning of the end
14. The Queen's mounted police
15. South of the border
16. What became of them?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Beginnings of the liquor trade
2. The turbulent sixties
3. The merchants
4. Off to the British possessions
5. Rush to the North
6. The standoff
7. A devastating traffic
8. The wolfers & the Cypress Hills massacre
9. The Canadian response
10. Chaos and misery
11. Unsettled times
12. Vagaries of the law
13. Beginning of the end
14. The Queen's mounted police
15. South of the border
16. What became of them?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
1
