"The Fox Wars" relates the saga of the Fox (or Mesquakie) Indians' struggle to maintain their identity in the face of colonial New France during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The Foxes occupied central Wisconsin, where for a long time they had warred with the Sioux and, more recently, had opposed the extension of the French firearm-and-fur trade with their western enemies. Caught between the Sioux anvil and the French hammer, the Foxes enlisted other tribes' support and maintained their independence until the late 1720s. Then the French treacherously offered them peace before launching a campaign of annihilation against them. The Foxes resisted but finally were overwhelmed and took sanctury among the Sac Indians, with whom they are closely associated to this day.