The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European ColonizationRichter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League--the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras--to the challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He demonstrates that by the early eighteenth century a series of creative adaptations in politics and diplomacy allowed the peoples of the Longhouse to preserve their cultural autonomy in a land now dominated by foreign powers. |
Contents
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The Great League of Peace and Power | 30 |
The Great League for War and Survival | 50 |
The Economic Lifeline to the Dutch | 75 |
The Ascendancy of the Francophiles | 105 |
The Revolt of the Anglophiles | 133 |
The Last of the Beaver Wars | 162 |
The Precarious Settlement Abroad and at Home | 214 |
The Neutralist Diplomacy of Peace and Balance | 236 |
The Iroquois in a EuroAmerican World | 255 |
Methodological Comments | 281 |
Abbreviations Used in the Notes | 285 |
Notes | 287 |
Select Bibliography | 391 |
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