The Westo Indians : slave traders of the early colonial South / by Eric E. Bowne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowne, Eric E. (Eric Everett), 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yuchi Indians--History.

Yuchi Indians.

Yuchi Indians--Migrations.

Yuchi Indians--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive study that rescues the Westo from obscurity. The Westo Indians, who lived in the Savannah River region during the second half of the 17th century, are mentioned in few primary documents and only infrequently in secondary literature. There are no known Westo archaeological sites; no artifacts can be linked to the group; and no more than a single word of their language is known to us today. Yet, from the extant evidence, it is believed that the Westos, who migrated from around Lake Erie by 1656, had a profound effect on the development of the colonial South

Contents:

The Westos and their world

Westo ethnology

A short history of previous research

The northeastern origins of the Westos

Westo advantages in the South

The Westos at their height

The demise of the Westos

The aftermath of the Westo War.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-140) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8262-3

OCLC:

424522936