The head in Edward Nugent's hand : Roanoke's forgotten Indians / Michael Leroy Oberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oberg, Michael Leroy.

Series:

Early American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Algonquian Indians--First contact with other peoples.

Algonquian Indians.

Algonquian Indians--North Carolina--Roanoke Island.

Algonquian Indians--Kings and rulers.

Roanoke Colony.

Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History--16th century.

Roanoke Island (N.C.).

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

North Carolina.

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.

Raleigh, Walter.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Roanoke is part of the lore of early America, the colony that disappeared. Many Americans know of Sir Walter Ralegh's ill-fated expedition, but few know about the Algonquian peoples who were the island's inhabitants. The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand examines Ralegh's plan to create an English empire in the New World but also the attempts of native peoples to make sense of the newcomers who threatened to transform their world in frightening ways. Beginning his narrative well before Ralegh's arrival, Michael Leroy Oberg looks closely at the Indians who first encountered the colonists. The English intruded into a well-established Native American world at Roanoke, led by Wingina, the weroance, or leader, of the Algonquian peoples on the island. Oberg also pays close attention to how the weroance and his people understood the arrival of the English: we watch as Wingina's brother first boards Ralegh's ship, and we listen in as Wingina receives the report of its arrival. Driving the narrative is the leader's ultimate fate: Wingina is decapitated by one of Ralegh's men in the summer of 1586.When the story of Roanoke is recast in an effort to understand how and why an Algonquian weroance was murdered, and with what consequences, we arrive at a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of what happened during this, the dawn of English settlement in America.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1. Ossomocomuck

Chapter 2. Granganimeo

Chapter 3. Wingina

Chapter 4. A Killing and Its Consequences

Chapter 5. Vengeance

Chapter 6. Lost Colonists, Lost Indians

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-192) and index.

ISBN:

9780812240313

0812240316

9780812203417

0812203410

OCLC:

859160722