A Man of Distinction Among Them

Alexander McKee and British-Indian Affairs Along the Ohio Country Frontier, 1754-1799

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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Author: Larry L. Nelson ISBN: 9781612772882
Publisher: The Kent State University Press Publication: July 26, 2013
Imprint: The Kent State University Press Language: English
Author: Larry L. Nelson
ISBN: 9781612772882
Publisher: The Kent State University Press
Publication: July 26, 2013
Imprint: The Kent State University Press
Language: English

A Man of Distinction among Them represents an important step in under standing the complexities surrounding the early history of the Ohio Country and the Old Northwest and provides the clearest and most comprehensive portrait of a central figure in that history: Alexander McKee.

Fathered by a white trader and raised partly by his Shawnee mother, McKee was at home in either culture and played an active role in Great Lakes Indian affairs for nearly 50 years.

McKee served as a “cultural mediator”—a go-between who linked the native and European worlds. He exploited his familial affiliation and close economic ties to both communities to encourage trade, foster diplomatic relations, and forge a military alliance between the British government and the tribes of the Old Northwest.

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A Man of Distinction among Them represents an important step in under standing the complexities surrounding the early history of the Ohio Country and the Old Northwest and provides the clearest and most comprehensive portrait of a central figure in that history: Alexander McKee.

Fathered by a white trader and raised partly by his Shawnee mother, McKee was at home in either culture and played an active role in Great Lakes Indian affairs for nearly 50 years.

McKee served as a “cultural mediator”—a go-between who linked the native and European worlds. He exploited his familial affiliation and close economic ties to both communities to encourage trade, foster diplomatic relations, and forge a military alliance between the British government and the tribes of the Old Northwest.

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