'To extirpate us from the earth" -- "They may possess our lands": war, revolution, and culture on the frontier -- "We shall not yield an inch": 1763 through 1774 -- "Desperate measures": 1775 -- The will of the supreme being": 1776 -- "Indiscriminate attack": 1777 -- "How vain are our hopes": 1778 -- "The nests are destroyed": 1779 -- "They must soon die": 1780 -- "Opening wide their jaws": 1781 -- "The Tomahawks struck": 1782 -- "Is the great king conquered?": 1783 and beyond