The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies from Its Beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty of 1744The second part of the Covenant Chain trilogy, this work reinterprets early American history especially with regard to the Iroquois nation. The other two volumes in the series are The Invasion of America and Empire of Fortune. |
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Contents
A Mixing of Peoples | 25 |
An Iron Dutch Chain | 47 |
Logistics of Intersocietal Commerce | 58 |
The Iroquoian Beaver Wars | 84 |
Odd Man Out | 113 |
A Silver English Chain | 145 |
They flourish and we decrease | 186 |
I1 Permutations | 214 |
Desperation in Iroquoia | 289 |
A New Fire | 309 |
Chain into Fetters | 325 |
Summit and Slope | 347 |
Conflict and Accommodation | 367 |
A A council at Onondaga as reported by Conrad Weiser in 1743 | 379 |
B Documents of the Walking Purchase | 398 |
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| Title | The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies from Its Beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty of 1744 |
| Author | Francis Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 1984 |
| ISBN | 0393303020, 9780393303025 |
| Length | 438 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Native American History / United States / State & Local / General History / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies |
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