List Books » The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization
Authors: Daniel K. Richter, Institute Of Early American History and
ISBN-13: 9780807843949, ISBN-10: 0807843946
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, The
Date Published: December 1992
Edition: 1st Edition
Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois Leaguethe Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscarorasto 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.
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Illustrations | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Ch. 1 | The Iroquois in the World on the Turtle's Back | 8 |
Ch. 2 | The Great League of Peace and Power | 30 |
Ch. 3 | The Great League for War and Survival | 50 |
Ch. 4 | The Economic Lifeline to the Dutch | 75 |
Ch. 5 | The Ascendancy of the Francophiles | 105 |
Ch. 6 | The Revolt of the Anglophiles | 133 |
Ch. 7 | The Last of the Beaver Wars | 162 |
Ch. 8 | The Political Crisis of the Iroquois Confederacy | 190 |
Ch. 9 | The Precarious Settlement Abroad and at Home | 214 |
Ch. 10 | The Neutralist Diplomacy of Peace and Balance | 236 |
Ch. 11 | The Iroquois in a Euro-American World | 255 |
Methodological Comments | 281 | |
Abbreviations Used in the Notes | 285 | |
Notes | 287 | |
Select Bibliography | 391 | |
Index | 417 |