Richard S. Grimes

The Western Delaware Indian Nation, 1730-1795

Warriors and Diplomats

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Produktbeschreibung

During the eighteenth century, the three tribes of the Delaware Indians underwent dramatic transformation as they migrated westward across the Allegheny mountain. Combining native oral traditions, ethnology, and colonial history Grimes tells a compelling story of the Delaware Indian nation; their emergence, triumphs, tribulations, and tragic fall.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 731g
• ISBN-13: 9781611462241
• ISBN-10: 161146224X
• Artikelnr.: 48694374

Autorenporträt

By Richard S. Grimes

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments 000 Introduction: To "Enjoy the Light of Heaven" 000 Chapter 1: "We Conquer'd You; We Made Women of You": The Delawares as Women and the Six Nations-Pennsylvania Chain of Friendship 000 Chapter 2: The Western Migration of the Delawares, 1730-1750 000 Chapter 3: "We, the Delawares of Ohio, Do Proclaim War against the English": The Political Ascension of the Western Delawares, 1750-1756 000 Chapter 4: "We Are Now Men, and Not So Easily Frightened": Western Delaware Identity during the Seven Years' War 000 Chapter 5: "On Behalf of All Our Nation": The Coming Together of the Turtle, Turkey, and Wolf 000 Chapter 6: White Eyes, the Great Council, and the United Brethren: Peacemakers on the Muskingum, 1770-1776 000 Chapter 7: The Quest for Nationhood: Delawares and the American Revolution 000 Chapter 8: "A nation . . . Shattered, Wrecked, and Severed": The Demise of the Delaware New World Order, 1783-1795 000 Conclusion: "That We Might Again Be One People" 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000 "" Map 1: Linguistic Areas of the Delawares (Lenape-Munsee Groups) 000 Map 2: Primary Indian Towns 000 Map 3: Western Delaware Indian Towns in the Ohio Territories 000 Figure 1
1 Tishcohan, Delaware chief 000 Figure 1
2 Lapowinsa, Delaware chief 000 Figure 2
1 "Chiefs of the Delaware Indians at Allegaeening" 000 Figure 4
1 John Armstrong, "Plan of Expedition to Kittanning" 000 Figure 4
2 Robert Griffing, Post and King Beaver at Fort Duquesne 000 Figure 5
1 Robert Griffing, Preparing to Meet the Enemy 000 Figure 7
1 Robert Griffing, The Peace Maker 000