In general, both sides fought using impromptu raids and very vicious and undercutting tactics. However, this was the traditional fighting method used by Native Americans during this particular era and could be understood in terms of their cultural perspective.
The fifth criteria of just warfare is that "war must be the only possible means of righting the wrong done." This particular standard is another very flexible standard for warfare. Both sides of any conflict must justify their actions as "last resort" even if other opportunities were open for negotiation. However, in this historical context it could be argued that war was inevitable. This is because population tension within the eastern border mandated that a push by the colonials west of the Ohio River was inevitable. As a result, land that was traditionally Native American would ultimately get taken away from their ownership by the colonists. This it is an unavoidable end because of population tensions and the perpetual conflict between the Indians and the colonists. This is evidenced by the slow but consistent withdraw of Native Americans from their traditional eastern borders towards the west. The Indian Nations lost battle after battle to keep their territory and although there was a hiatus of conflict before the Civil War, it is evident that the conflict would have had to happen sooner or later. This was the explicit justification used by the Shawnee tribes who eventually invaded and raided the Kentucky states in an attempt to rid the colonial presence, they believed that preemptive attacks were the only means that they could avoid total annihilation by the colonists in the near future. For the colonists this issue became rather delicate, although they did not have to expand or forcefully take away land from the Shawnee, they felt that they had rightfully earned that land in lieu of trade and bartering. As a result, although they were extremely manipulative they were in fact in many ways justified. In addition, they did so under the protectionist clause in defense of their properties which validates their actions.
History is ultimately written by the victors and the sixth criteria for just warfare are that "there must be a reasonable right to victory." The Indian Civil War was a crucial turning point for the dynamics between Native Americans and colonials. It symbolized the final attempt by the Indians to reclaim their territory and stop colonial expansion. In the wake of the conflict the Shawnee tribes were dispersed and a consolidated Indian Nation would eventually be much weaker than previous this conflict itself. Symbolically this implied that the conflict could have been curtailed had the proper combination of social and implicit barriers been in play. The reasonable right of victory standard can be applied to either side of the conflict. The Shawnees defied their allegiances with the Iroquois...
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