Tribute to the Honorable Richard S. Arnold

Judge Arnold’s brother recounts Judge Arnold’s life and service

Military Cooperation and the Relocation of Quapaw and French Settlements in Colonial Arkansas: a case study in colonial international relations

A previous article made the case that the Quapaw Indians had played a role in the defense of Arkansas Post, and had entered several colonial wars on the side of the French, during the time that France had claimed sovereignty over the Arkansas country. The purpose of the present effort is to describe and explain the origin and nature of the alliance between the Quapaws and the French, and to identify the considerations that led the tribe to conclude that it was often in its national interest to collaborate with the French in their defensive and offensive military operations. The efforts that the two nations made to keep their settlements close to each other will prove of particular interest because they illustrate the strategic symbiosis that characterized those nations’ relationship for decades