America\'s Military Adversaries. From Colonial Times to the Present

Nana (ca. 1800–May 19, 1896) Apache War Chief NANA N ana was among the most ferocious Apache warriors to ever terrorize the Old ...

into Mexico with Col. Edward Hatch’s Ninth U.S. Cavalry in hot pursuit. They then merged with another band under Geronimo, himse ...

naval aviation recruiting poster and enlisted in June 1936. Nishizawa ex- pressed interest in flying, and he graduated six- teen ...

Pilots who flew with him were astonished by his flying abilities: nobody could throw a Zero around the sky—almost as if at will— ...

NORTON, JOHN Norton, John (1760–1831) Mohawk War Chief N orton was an influential Native Ameri- can leader during the War of 181 ...

radic fighting at Niagara. He was present at the ill-fated defense of Fort George under Gen. John Vincentand subsequently accom- ...

Bibliography Allen, Robert S. His Majesty’s Allies: British Indian Policy in the Defense of Canada, 1774–1815. Toronto: Dundurn ...

the release of the remaining 24 Cherokee hostages. In February 1760, he reappeared outside Fort Prince George requesting a par- ...

thesis, College of William and Mary, 1999; Cashion, Jerry C. “North Carolina and the Cherokee: The Quest for Land on the Eve of ...

years of good service, O’Hara was promoted to brigadier general in October 1780 and dis- patched south to reinforce Gen. Charles ...

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whites along the Georgia border precipitated the First Seminole War of 1817–1818, in which Jackson again invaded Indian territor ...

sidering the manner in which he had been captured, and his corpse underwent the fur- ther indignity of being beheaded by a docto ...

Pakenham enhanced both his social and mili- tary standing when he married Catherine Wellesley, sister of Arthur, the future Duke ...

to do next. He lacked sufficient supplies to at- tempt a forced march around the American line—which in any event would have dra ...

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Bad weather interrupted his journey for sev- eral weeks, and it was not until May 1776 that his squadron reached its destination ...

the foremost mourners at Nelson’s state fu- neral in 1805. By the time Parker died in Lon- don on December 21, 1811, he had been ...

homes in the southern- most part of the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). However, Quanah flatly refused to acquiesce, and his Kwahad ...

For such a dogged warrior, Quanah com- pletely embraced his new surroundings and quickly emerged as a leading spokesman for the ...