The Shawnee / Jerry E. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Jerry E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shawnee Indians--History.

Shawnee Indians.

Shawnee Indians--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many Indian tribes claimed Kentucky as hunting territory in the eighteenth century, though for the most part their villages were built elsewhere. For the Shawnee, whose homeland was in the Ohio and Cumberland valleys, Kentucky was an essential source of game, and the skins and furs were vital for trade. When Daniel Boone explored Kentucky in 1769, a band of Shawnee warned him they would not tolerate the presence of whites there. Settlers would remember the warning until 1794 and the Battle of the Fallen Timber. In The Shawnee, Jerry E. Clark eloquently recounts the bitter struggle between whit

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 History of the Shawnee; 3 Social Organization; 4 Subsistence and Technology; 5 Ideology and Expressive Culture; 6 Conservatism, Dependency, and Migration; 7 Relations with Other Indians; 8 Relations with Whites; 9 Conclusion; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-9180-7

0-8131-4893-6

OCLC:

621690283