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The World turned upside down: Indian voices from early America
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
c1994
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
Foreword
Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Times are altered with us Indians
A world of changes
Indians in Colonial America
Sources of Indian History: weighing the evidence
Voices from the shore
The Creation of the world
John Norton, Iroquois creation story, ca. 1816
The Creeks come to the homeland
Chekilli, origin of the Creek Confederacy, 1735
A dream of strangers
Josiah Jeremy, The floating island, 1869
Meeting the Dutch at Manhatten
John Heckwelder, the arrival of the Dutch, ca. 1765
What can you get by Warre
Powhaten, speech to Captain John Smith, 1609
The coming of a strange race
Josiah Quinney, July 4 speech, 1854
Cultural conflists, contests, and confluences
A Native American theological debate
John Eliot, a dialogue between Piumbukhou and his unconventional relatives, ca. 1671
A Micmac questions French civilization
Chrestien LeClerqm a Micmac responds to the French, ca. 1677
An Indian woman bequeths her property
Naomai Omaush, Will, 1749
Autobiography of an Indian Minister
Samson Occom, a short narrative of my life, 1768.
Letters of a Narragansett family
Sarah Simon, letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767
Sarah Simon (the daughter), letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769
Daniel Simon, letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1771
The Iroquois reject Wheelock's benevolence
Speech of the Oneida Headman, 1772
Speech of the Onondaga Council, 1772
A Delaware mouthpiece
Joseph Pepee, response to the unconverted Delawares, 1772
The white women of the Genesee
Mary Jamison, a narrative of her life, 1824
Land, trade and treaties
Submission to Old England
Naragansett Indians, Act of Submission, 1644
Two land deeds form Maine
Nanuddemance, deed to John Parker, June 14, 1659
Jane of Scarborough, deed to Andrew and Arthur Alger, September 19, 1659
Indian land clainms disputed
Mittark, Agreement of Gy Head Indians not to sell land to the English, 1681
The River Indians answer Govenor Burnet
Mahican Indians, reply to William Burnet, Govenor of New Your, 1722
The alienation of Natchexz
Antoine le Page du Pratz, reply of the stung serpent, 1723
The Casco Bay Treaty
Loron Sauguaarum, an account of negotiations leading to the Casco Bay Treaty, 1727
The Walking Purchase: A Delaware complaine and an Iroquois response
Delaware Indians, complaine against the Walking Purchase, November 21, 1740.
Canasatego, response to the Delawares' complaint, July 12, 1742
A guardian system for the Indian lands
Indians at Mashpee, petition to the Massachusetts General Court, June 11, 1752
Resolving conflicts with Colonial neighbors
King Hagler (Nopkehe) reply to Colonists' complaints, 1754
Colonists encroach on the Stanwix Line
John Killbuck, speech to the Govenors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, December 4, 1771.
In a world of warfare: American Indians and the War for Empire
La Barre's failed bluff
Garangula, speech to New France Govenor LaBarre, 1684
Iroquois loyalty turns to disenchantment
Cheda, promise to uphold the Covenant Chain, 1692
Intertribal conflict fostered by Colonists
Gachadow, speech to the Virginia Commissioners at the Treaty of Lancaster, 1744
The Abenakis defy the English
Atiwaneto, speech resisting Colonial expansion, 1752
The Chickasaws appeal for help
Chickasaw Headman, speech to the Govenor of South Carolina, April 5, 1756
French and Indian Wars, or French and English wars?
Deleware Indians response to the Moravian Ambassador, 1758
A new era for Algonkians and Englishmen
Minavavana speech to Alexander Henry, 1761
Pontiac's War
Pontiac, the master of life speaks to the wolf, 1763
The pleas and plight of the Choctaw chiefs.
Choctaw chiefs, speeches to John Stuart, Mobile Alabama, 1772
American Indians and the American Revolution, 1775-1783
The Oneidas declare neutrality
Oneida Indians, speech to Govenor Trumbull, 1775
Joseph Brant, Adresses his Majesty's Secretary of State
Joseph Brant, Address to Lord Germaine, 1776
Cherokees fight for their survival
Corn Tassel, speech at Treaty talks with Virginia and North Carolina
, 1777
The Delawares and the Treaty of Fort Pitt
Delaware Indians, letter to George Morgan, 1779
The Revolution through the eyes of a Seneca woman
Mary Jemison, a view of the Revolution, 1775-1779
The Revolution through Captain Pipes's eyes
Captain Pipe, speech to British Colonel DePeyester, November 1781
Adjusting to the new realities: The Chickaswas' Revolution
Chickasaw Chiefs, message to congress, July 1783
Brant demands the truth
Joseph Brant, message to Govenor Frederick Haldimand, 1783
Indian voices from the new mation
Alexander McGillivray, letter to Govenor Arturo O'Neill, July 10, 1785
The United Nations speech at the Confederate Council, November 28 and December 18, 1786
The world turned upside down
Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo, petition to the Connecticut State Assembly, May 1789
Joseph Brant weighs Indian and White civilizations
Joseph Brant, Indian vs White civilization, 1789
The continuing conflict over land
Indian representatives, proposal to maintain Indian lands, 1793
Epilogue: surviving as vanishing Americans
Appendices
Treaty between the Abenaki Indians and the English at Casco Bay, 1727
Treaty with the Delawares, 1778
Questions for consideration
Selected Bibiliography
Index.
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9780312083502
031210281
9780312102814
031210281
9780312102814
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