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: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9781611462265
• ISBN-10: 1611462266
• Artikelnr.: 58518526

Autorenporträt

Richard S. Grimes is currently adjunct faculty at La Roche College and Community College of Allegheny County.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments000 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, 1730-1750000 Chapter 3: "We, the Delawares of Ohio, Do Proclaim War against the English": The Political Ascension of the Western Delawares, 1750-1756000 Chapter 4: "We Are Now Men, and Not So Easily Frightened": Western Delaware Identity during the Seven Years' War000 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 Revolution000Chapter 8: "A nation . . . Shattered, Wrecked, and Severed": The Demise of the Delaware New World Order, 1783-1795000 Conclusion: "That We Might Again Be One People"000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000 "
break>"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 Territories000 Figure 1
1 Tishcohan, Delaware chief000 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 Duquesne000 Figure 5
1 Robert Griffing, Preparing to Meet the Enemy000 Figure 7
1 Robert Griffing, The Peace Maker000