The Victory With No Name Summary

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When you boil it down to the most basic point possible, "The Victory with No Name" by Colin G. Calloway essentially tells the historical tale of a prosperous land that is desired by a multitude of people. Of course, that land is now called the state of Ohio and the multiple groups included: Native Americans, British, French, and finally, the post-Revolution Americans. Abiding by the term 'watershed's' differing definitions, in many ways, the volume refers to exactly that - the area of land that separates flowing waters of different sources; and also, an event that marks a turning point in a course of action. Readers are taken through the account of a central battle between Indian Confederacy and the United States Army. While the bout is officially …show more content…
Clair's Defeat, the Americans still gained more than they lost materialistically when they overtook the Ohio land in …show more content…
Clair and his inexperienced soldiers were severely outmatched. However, the United States did eventually conquer the Indian Confederacy and claim the Ohio land. Several factors played key parts in the Americans' eventual success - some even comment on the fact that the Native Americans seemed to beat themselves. Even before the Battle of the Wabash, the Native American population was severely declining due to one factor from their European-Native neighbors: disease. Along with sickness, the massive amounts of Indians in the Ohio land shortened the food supply and the flooding of rivers devastated surrounding crops. The Native Americans turned to hunting game, but the harsh winter served as another barrier. Desperate and hungry, the Native Americans turned to the British for food. Stress over fulfilling basic needs eventually worked its way into the Indian Confederacy and sensing the tension, the United States worked manipulate these divisions. American representatives set off to sway the Indians from thinking that the United States wanted to steal their land but instead they wanted to teach them about farming, education, and tame their animals. In fact, "Transforming Indian men from hunters to farmers became part of the American strategy of separating Indians from lands they would then no longer need in such quantity" (Calloway, 2016, p. 141). After rebuilding and reorganizing the Army and the

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