Eckert was determined to use every last bit of information he discovered, printing letter after letter, even when they just repeated the events he just told about in the previous chapter. His style of writing, turning history into prose, makes me wonder about some of the details.

But it was a part of history I knew little about and I enjoyed it for the most part. As for the events, I can understand why the Indians were upset that their deal with the French was suddenly removed and they had to deal with the English who didn't treat them the same. But I can also understand the hatred of the English for the Indians — their willingness to lie, the way they could suddenly turn on traders with whom they had done business and professed friendship, their cruelty to captives. In short, the story is one of misunderstanding between cultures and mans' inhumanity to man. But the thirst for torturing and cruelty that formed so large a part of the culture of many of the Indian tribes is just evil.