World turned upside down : Indian voices from early America, a brief history with documents / [edited by] Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth College.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953- editor.

Series:

Bedford series in history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Biography.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Bedford/St Martin's, Macmillan Learning, [2016]

Summary:

Through a collection of speeches, letters, and primary accounts, and with a revised introduction that draws on an outpouring of scholarship over the past twenty years, Colin Calloway provides insight into the underrepresented Native American voices of the colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods. With four new text documents and four new visual source documents, the volume continues to portray such themes as loss of land, war and peace, missionaries and Christianity, the education of Native American youth, European technology, European alcohol, and political changes within Indian societies in Early America. Revised Questions for Consideration and an updated Selected Bibliography, along with a new Chronology of Encounters between Indians and Colonists, serve to further support student learning. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction: "Times Are Altered with Us Indians" 1

A World of Changes 1

Indians in Colonial America 9

Sources of Indian History: Weighing the Evidence 11

Part 2 The Documents 21

1 Voices from the Shore 23

The Creation of the World 25

1 John Norton, Iroquois Creation Story, ca. 1816 26

The League of Peace in Wampum 29

2 The Hiawatha Wampum Belt 32

The Creeks Come to Their Homeland 32

3 Chekilli, Origin of the Creek Confederacy, 1735 33

A Dream of Strangers 37

4 Josiah Jeremy, The Floating Island, 1869 38

Meeting the Dutch at Manhattan 39

5 The Arrival of the Dutch, ca. 1765 / John Heckewelder Heckewelder, John 40

"What Can You Get by Warre ... ?" 43

6 Speech to Captain John Smith, 1609 / Powhatan 44

A Pequot Looks Back at King Philip's War 45

7 William Apess, Eulogy on King Philip, 1836 47

2 Cultural Conflicts, Contests, and Confluences 49

A Native American Theological Debate 52

8 John Eliot, A Dialogue between Piumbukhou and His Unconverted Relatives, ca. 1671 53

A Mi'kmaq Questions French "Civilization" 56

9 Chrestien LeClerq, A Mi'kmaq Responds to the French, ca. 1677 57

An Indian Woman Bequeaths Her Property 59

10 Naomai Omaush, Will, 1749 59

Autobiography of an Indian Minister 61

11 Samson Ocom, A Short Narrative of My Life, 1768 62

Letters of a Narragansett Family 70

12 Sarah Simon, Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 71

13 Sarah Simon, (the Daughter), Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769 72

14 Daniel Simon, Letter to Eleazar Wlieelock, 1771 73

The Iroquois Reject Wheelock's "Benevolence" 74

15 Speech of the Oneida Headmen, 1772 74

16 Speech of the Onondaga Council, 1772 76

A Delaware "Mouthpiece" 78

17 Joseph Pepee, Response to the Unconverted Delawares, 1772 78

"The White Woman of the Genesee" 79

18 Mary Jemison, A Narrative of Her Life, 1824 80

3 Land, Trade, and Treaties 86

Submission to "Old England" 88

19 Narragansett Indians, Act of Submission, 1644 89

Two Land Deeds from Maine 91

20 Nanuddemance, Deed to John Parker, June 14, 1659 93

21 Jane of Scarborough, Deed to Andrew and Arthur Alger, September 19, 1659 94

Indian Land Claims Disputed 95

22 Mittark, Agreement of Gay Head Indians Not to Sell Land to the English, 1681 95

The "River Indians" Answer Governor Burnet 96

23 Mahican Indians, Reply to William Burnet, Governor of New York, 1722 97

The Alienation of the Natchez 98

24 Antoine Le Page du Pratz, Reply of the Stung Serpent, 1723 99

Signing and Disputing a Treaty 99

25 Eastern Indians, Treaty Pictographs, 1725 101

26 Sauguaarum, alias Loron, An Account of Negotiations Leading to the Casco Bay Treaty, 1727 102

The "Walking Purchase": A Delaware Complaint and an Iroquois Response 105

27 Delaware Indians, Complaint against the "Walking Purchase," November 21, 1740 107

28 Canasatego, Response to the Delawares Complaint, July 12, 1742 108

The Treaty of Lancaster 110

29 Canasatego, Speech at the Treaty of Lancaster, July 4, 1744 111

A Guardian System for Indian Lands 115

30 Indians at Mashpee, Petition to the Massachusetts General Court, June 11, 1752 116

Resolving Conflicts with Colonial Neighbors 117

31 King Hagler (Nopkehe), Reply to Colonists' Complaints, 1754 118

Colonists Encroach on the Stanwix Line 121

32 John Killbuck, Speech to the Governors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, Decembers 1771 122

4 In a World of Warfare: Indians and the Wars for Empire 125

La Barrels Failed Bluff 128

33 Garangula, Speech to New France Governor La Bane, 1684 129

A Native War Record 131

34 Drawings Made on a Tree by an Iroquois War Party, ca. 1666 132

Iroquois Loyalty Turns to Disenchantment 133

35 Cheda, Promise to Uphold the Covenant Chain, 1692 134

Intertribal Conflict Fostered by Colonists 136

36 Gachadow, Speech to the Virginia Commissioners at the Treaty of Lancaster, 1744 137

The Half King Defies the French 139

37 Tanaghrisson, Speech to Sieur de Marin, 1753 140

Allies and Enemies in Indian Country 141

38 English and French Copies of Chickasaw Deerskin Maps, ca. 1723 and 1737 143

The Chickasaws Appeal for Help 145

39 Chickasaw Headmen, Speech to the Governor of South Carolina, April 5, 1756 145

French and Indian Wars, or French and English Wars? 147

40 Delaware Indians, Response to the Moravian Ambassador, 1758 147

A New Era for Algonquians and Englishmen 148

41 Minavavana, Speech to Alexander Henry, 1761 149

Pontiac's War 150

42 Pontiac, The Master of Life Speaks to the Wolf, 1763 151

The Pleas and Plight of the Choctaw Chiefs 152

43 Choctaw Chiefs, Speeches to John Stuart, Mobile, Alabama, 1772 154

5 American Indians and the American Revolution, 1775-1783 158

The Oneidas Declare Neutrality 160

44 Oneida Indians, Speech to Governor Trumbull, 1775 161

Joseph Brant Addresses His Majesty's Secretary of State 162

45 Joseph Brant, Address to Lord Germain, 1776 163

Struggling to Be Neutral in the Ohio Valley 165

46 Cornstalk, Message to Congress, November 7, 1776 166

Cherokees Fight for Their Survival 167

47 Corn Tassel, Speech at Treaty Talks with Virginia and North Carolina, 1777 168

The Revolution through the Eyes of a Seneca Woman 170

48 MaryJemison,4 View of the Revolution, 1775-1779 170

The Revolution through Captain Pipe's Eyes 173

49 Captain Pipe, Speech to British Colonel DePeyster, November 1781 174

Adjusting to New Realities: The Chickasaws' Revolution 176

50 Chickasaw Chiefs, Message to Congress, July 1783 177

Brant Demands the Truth 179

51 Joseph Brant, Message to Governor Frederick Haldimand, 1783 180

6 Indian Voices from the New Nation 183

Alexander McGillivray Rejects American Pretensions 184

52 Alexander McGillivray, Letter to Governor Arturo O'Neill, July 10, 1785 185

The United Indian Nations Announce a New Policy 187

53 United Indian Nations, Speech at the Confederate Council, November 28 and December 18, 1786 188

The World Turned Upside Down 191

54 Henry Quaquaquid, Robert AshpoPetition to the Connecticut State Assembly, May 1789 191

Joseph Brant Weighs Indian and White Civilizations 192

55 Joseph Brant, Indian vs. White Civilization, 1789 193

First Americans Address the First President 194

56 Speech of Cornplanter, Half Town, and Big Tree to George Washington, 1790 195

Epilogue: Surviving as Vanishing Americans 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and index.

ISBN:

9781319052409

1319052401

OCLC:

930997498

Publisher Number:

99973633646