Introduction: British forts and Indian neighbors -- The Key to Carolina: Old Hop, Little Carpenter, and the making of Fort Loudoun, 1756-1759 -- Anxious hospitality: loitering at Fort Allen, 1756-1761 -- The greatest mart of all: trade, food, drink, and interdependence at Michilimackinac, 1761- 1796 -- A year at Niagara: violence, diplomacy, and coexistence in the eastern Great Lakes, 1763- 1764 -- Like stars that fall: keeping up appearances at Fort Chartres, 1765-1772 -- Conclusion: the Mohawks' new world.