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Covered with night : a story of murder and indigenous justice in early America / Nicole Eustace.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection HV6524 .E78 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eustace, Nicole, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--United States--History--18th century.
- Murder.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--History--18th century.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Homicide investigation--United States--History--18th century.
- Homicide investigation.
- History.
- United States.
- Five Nations--History--18th century.
- Five Nations.
- Iroquois Indians--Legal status, laws, etc--New York (State).
- Iroquois Indians.
- Indians, Treatment of--North America.
- Indians, Treatment of.
- Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--New York (State).
- Indians of North America.
- Genre:
- True crime stories.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 447 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2021]
- Summary:
- "An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case created a contest between Native American forms of justice, centered on community, forgiveness, and reparations, and an ideology of harsh reprisal, based on British law, that called for the killers' execution. In a stunning narrative history based on painstaking original research, acclaimed historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath, taking us into the worlds of Euro-Americans and Indigenous peoples in this formative period. A feat of reclamation evoking Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale and Alan Taylor's William Cooper's Town, Eustace's utterly absorbing account provides a new understanding of Indigenous forms of justice, with lessons for our era"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Tomorrow's Doom p. 13
- July 30-August 1, 1722
- Chapter 2 Taquatarensaly (Captain Civility) p. 40
- Chapter 3 When Things Go Ill p. 46
- February 1722
- Chapter 4 Sawantaeny p. 63
- Chapter 5 Sorrow Will Come Fast p. 69
- March 6, 1722
- Chapter 6 John Cartlidge p. 87
- Chapter 7 What Content and Decency Require p. 93
- March 7-14, 1722
- Chapter 8 Peter Bezaillion p. 112
- Chapter 9 Two Heads Are Better Than One p. 119
- March 15-17, 1722
- Chapter 10 Weenepeeweytah and Elizabeth Cartlidge p. 137
- Chapter 11 Forgive Anyone Sooner Than Thyself p. 144
- March 21-26, 1722
- Chapter 12 Isaac Norris p. 161
- Chapter 13 He Will Go To Law p. 171
- April 4-7, 1722
- Chapter 14 Satcheechoe p. 194
- Chapter 15 Stark Naught p. 200
- May 4-11, 1722
- Chapter 16 William Keith p. 219
- Chapter 17 Take Him Now p. 228
- June 15-July 2, 1722
- Chapter 18 Ousewayteichks (Smith The Ganawese) p. 244
- Chapter 19 Money and Good Men p. 251
- August 3-15, 1722
- Chapter 20 James Le Tort p. 267
- Chapter 21 A Word to the Wise p. 275
- August-September 1722
- Chapter 22 James Logan p. 297
- Chapter 23 Stiff Obstinacy p. 307
- October 3-5, 1722
- Chapter 24 Civility's Last Word p. 323.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Kennedy fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781631495878
- 1631495879
- OCLC:
- 1155083172
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