Northeastern Indian lives, 1632-1816

812 Pages·1996·4.04 MB·English

by  Robert Steven Grumet

Northeastern Indian Lives, 1632-1816
title:
Native Americans of the Northeast
author: Grumet, Robert Steven.
publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin: 1558490000
print isbn13: 9781558490000
ebook isbn13: 9780585083551
language: English
Indians of North America--Northeastern
subject
States--Biography.
publication date: 1996
lcc: E78.E2N67 1996eb
ddc: 974/.00497/00922
Indians of North America--Northeastern
subject:
States--Biography.
Page i
Northeastern Indian Lives
Page ii
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Northeastern Indian Lives, 16321816
Edited By
Robert S. Grumet
FOREWORD BY
Anthony F. C. Wallace
Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, and the
Contemporary
Colin G. Calloway and Barry O'Connell
Series Editors
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS
Amherst
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A VOLUME IN THE SERIES:
Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, and the
Contemporary
EDITED BY Colin G. Calloway
and Barry O'Connell
Copyright © 1996 by
The University of Massachusetts Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
LC 95-55144
ISBN 1-55849-000-0 (cloth); 001-9 (pbk.)
Designed by David C. denBoer
Set in 10/14 Linotype Walbaum
Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Northeastern Indian lives, 16521816 / edited by Robert S. Grumet;
foreword by Anthony F. C. Wallace.
p. cm. (Native Americans of the Northeast)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 1-55849-000-0 (cloth: alk. paper).
ISBN 1-55849-001-9 (paper: alk. paper)
1. Indians of North AmericaNortheastern StatesBiography.
I. Grumet, Robert Steven. II. Series.
E78.E2N67 1996
974'.00497'00922dc20 95-55144
CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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IN MEMORY OF
Gordon F. Day
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Contents
Foreword ix
Anthony F. C. Wallace
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Robert S. Grumet
Chapter One 13
Lost Opportunities: Miantonomi and the English in
Seventeenth-Century Narragansett Country
Paul A. Robinson
Chapter Two 29
Uncas and the Politics of Contact
Eric S. Johnson
Chapter Three 48
Wyandanch: Sachem of the Montauks
John A. Strong
Chapter Four 74
The Legacy of Robin Cassacinamon: Mashantucket
Pequot Leadership in the Historic Period
Kevin A. McBride
Chapter Five 93
Chief Rawandagon, Alias Robin Hood: Native "Lord of
Misrule" in the Maine Wilderness
Harald E. L. Prins
Chapter Six 116
Suscaneman and the Matinecock Lands, 16531703
Robert S. Grumet
Chapter Seven 140
Putting a Face on Colonization: Factionalism and Gender
Politics in the Life History of Awashunkes, the "Squaw
Sachem" of Saconet
Ann Marie Plane
Page viii
Chapter Eight 166
"Standing by His Father": Thomas Waban of Natick, circa
16301722
Daniel Mandell
Chapter Nine 193
Daniel Spotso: A Sachem at Nantucket Island,
Massachusetts, circa 16911741
Elizabeth A. Little
Chapter Ten 208
Theyanoguin
Dean R. Snow
Chapter Eleven 227
Shickellamy, "A Person of Consequence"
James H. Merrell
Chapter Twelve 258
Moses (Tunda) Tatamy, Delaware Indian Diplomat
William A. Hunter
Chapter Thirteen 273
Pisquetomen and Tamaqua: Mediating Peace in the Ohio
Country
Michael N. McConnell
Chapter Fourteen 295
Molly Brant: Her Domestic and Political Roles in
Eighteenth-Century New York
Lois M. Feister and Bonnie Pulis
Chapter Fifteen 321
Walking the Medicine Line: Molly Ockett, a Pigwacket
Doctor