Chapter 13 Forty Thieves at War In War, All Rules Are Imperfect and Often Disregarded

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Timeline xi
5. Chapter 1 Dr. Chapin and the Niagara Frontier 1
6. Chapter 2 Opportunities on a Knoll Overlooking Lake Erie 11
7. Chapter 3 Religion, Home, and Practice in the Wilderness 23
8. Chapter 4 An Unconventional Federalist 31
9. Chapter 5 Practicing Medicine Before Science 41
10. Chapter 6 Contemporaries, Competition, and Sectarian Chaos 57
11. Chapter 7 Native Americans and Medicine 67
12. Chapter 8 Family, Village, and Community in Buffalo’s First Decade 75
13. Chapter 9 Native Americans and the Prelude to War, 1810–1812 83
14. Chapter 10 How to Start a War: 1812 91
15. Chapter 11 Chapin Enters the Fight 101
16. Chapter 12 The Realities of Making War 107
17. Chapter 13 Forty Thieves at War In War, All Rules Are Imperfect and Often Disregarded 113
18. Chapter 14 Civilians, Fodder, and War 121
19. Chapter 15 Buffalo Burns 129
20. Chapter 16 In the Aftermath of War, Buffalo Comes of Age 139
21. Chapter 17 Chapin Establishes a County Medical Society, Twice 153
22. Chapter 18 An Agricultural Society and a Buffalo Boom 167
23. Chapter 19 Cholera, 1832 179
24. Chapter 20 The Patriot Wars, Dr. Chapin’s Last Stand 187
25. Chapter 21 The Legacy of Cyrenius Chapin 199
26. Acknowledgments 209
27. Bibliography 211
28. Index 223
29. About the Author 229