Your fyre shall burn no more : Iroquois policy towards new France and its native allies to 1701 / José António Brandão. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brandão, José António, 1957-

Brandäao, Josâe Antâonio, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iroquois Indians--History--17th century.

Iroquois Indians.

Iroquois Indians--Politics and government.

Canada--History--To 1763 (New France).

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 375 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why were the Iroquois unrelentingly hostile toward the French colonists and their native allies? The longstanding "Beaver War" interpretation of seventeenth-century Iroquois-French hostilities holds that the Iroquois' motives were primarily economic, aimed at controlling the profitable fur trade. Jose Antonio Brandao argues persuasively against this view. Examining the original French and English sources, Brandao has compiled a vast, unparalleled array of quantitative data about Iroquois raids and mortality rates.

He offers a penetrating examination of seventeenth-century Iroquoian attitudes toward foreign policy and warfare, contending that the Iroquois fought New France not primarily to secure their position in a new market economy but for reasons that traditionally fueled native warfare: to replenish their populations, safeguard hunting territories, protect their homes, gain honor, and seek revenge.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Iroquois-French History and Historians

Ch. 2. Government and Social Organization among the Iroquois

Ch. 3. Warfare Part One: Functions and Process

Ch. 4. Warfare Part Two: Cultural Change and "Economic" Warfare

Ch. 5. The Early Wars

Ch. 6. "But one people"

Ch. 7. The Failure of Peace

Ch. 8. Conflict and Uncertainty

Ch. 9. "Your fyre shall burn no more"

App. A. Rebirth and Death: Iroquois Baptisms and Mortality, 1667-1679

App. B. Epidemics and Disease among the Iroquois to 1701

App. C. Iroquois Population Estimates to 1701

App. D. The Statistics of War: Iroquois Hostilities to 1701

App. E. Iroquois Population Losses to 1701

App. F. Iroquois Warfare: The Human Toll.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-363) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-29925-0