books.google.ca - During the American Revolution the British enjoyed a unified alliance with their Native allies in the Great Lakes region of North America. By the War of 1812, however, that “chain of friendship” had devolved into smaller, more local alliances. To understand how and why this pivotal shift occurred,...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Restoring_the_Chain_of_Friendship.html?id=FtzyNOrEjY8C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareRestoring the Chain of Friendship