Flocks of Birds : Virginia Colonialism into Native Country, 1670-1776.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parent, Anthony S., Jr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Virginia--History--18th century.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Virginia--History--17th century.

Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789.

African Americans--Relations with Indigenous peoples.

African Americans.

Indians of North America--Appalachian Region--History.

Indians of North America--Wars--1600-1750.

Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815.

Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Virginia.

Appalachian Region--History.

Appalachian Region.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Centers Indigenous people and voices in the history of the vast expansion of Virginia colonialism into Appalachia Flocks of Birds is an inclusive and interconnected history of the Virginia colony, one that demonstrates the centrality of Native history to America's colonial history. By delving deep into the primary record, Anthony S. Parent explores the evolving Indigenous response to Virginia colonialism in Native country across three generations, from 1670 to 1776. As Virginia colonists expanded their settlements west from the Tidewater, they entered a region that was far from uninhabited wilderness. In 1685 more than 100,000 Indigenous people from dozens of nations lived in the Southern Appalachians. These were different groups than the Tsenacomoco (the Powhatan Paramount chiefdom) that colonists had encountered when they established their first permanent settlements along the coast. They included Susquehannock in the north; Shawnee and Seneca-Cayuga (Mingo) in the northwest; Saponi in the west; Tuscarora and Yamasee in the south; and the Ani'-Yun-wiya (Cherokee) in the southwest, among many others. Parent explores the complex interactions amongst and between Indigenous people, European colonists, and enslaved Africans"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Boundaries

Hostilities

Wars.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Parent, Anthony S., Jr. Flocks of Birds

ISBN:

9781643365756

OCLC:

1520915326