| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 32.4

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Book Review

Blue Jacket: Warrior of the Shawnees. By John Sugden. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. xvi + 350 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95; £19.95.)

British historian John Sugden has followed his prize-winning biography of Tecumseh with the biography of another Shawnee leader, Blue Jacket (ca. 1743–ca. 1808). A war chief of the Shawnees, Blue Jacket was wooed by the British, French, and Americans, but he never placed complete trust in any of his suitors. He formed allegiances when they suited his needs, but he shared his plans with few in a position to record his remarks and activities. He was an astute leader and diplomat who remained true to his Shawnee people and who stood firm in the defense of his Ohio country homeland despite the overwhelming forces arrayed against him. Largely through force of personality and tireless energy, he forged several alliances among the disaffected tribes of the Old Northwest and helped engineer the most stunning defeats tribal America ever inflicted upon the forces of the United States--the rout of armies led by Arthur St. Clair and Josiah Harmar. In fact, had he been better served by his tribal allies and British supporters, the pivotal encounter with Mad Anthony Wayne of Fallen Timbers might have taken a different turn. . . .

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