Wapawkaneta by Capt. Frederick Whittaker
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Apr. 2020
Originally published 1908
Nickel weekly, War of 1812
Author: Captain Frederick Whittaker
ePublished by
Apr. 2020
Originally published 1908
Nickel weekly, War of 1812
Author: Captain Frederick Whittaker
Originally published in the 1870s as a dime novel and then re-published in 1908 as a nickel weekly, Wapawkaneta; or, The Rangers of the Oneida is number 10 of the beloved Beadle’s Frontier Series. This particular issue tells a story about the battle between Canadian Tories and U. S. rangers in the Mohawk Valley of upper New York during the War of 1812. The Mohawk Valley was a busy route of transport during the war, and thus fiercely contested by ranger militias and their Indian allies on both sides.
The Oneida tribe, whose fictional (as far as we know) chief provides the title for this novella, was the only nation in the Iroquois Confederacy that sided with the Americans against the British, both in the War of Independence and the War of 1812.
At more than 31,000 words, this work of fiction, besides being an interesting and fun read, gives the reader a taste of what the masses were reading in the late 19th and early 20th century time period.
The Oneida tribe, whose fictional (as far as we know) chief provides the title for this novella, was the only nation in the Iroquois Confederacy that sided with the Americans against the British, both in the War of Independence and the War of 1812.
At more than 31,000 words, this work of fiction, besides being an interesting and fun read, gives the reader a taste of what the masses were reading in the late 19th and early 20th century time period.
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