Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America

332 Pages·2003·26.013 MB·English

by  Daniel K. Richter

facing east from indian country

Facing East
from
Indian Country
A Native History of Early America
daniel k. richter
harvard university press
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England • 2001
Copyright © 2001 by the President and Fellows ofHarvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States ofAmerica
First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2003
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Richter, Daniel K.
Facing East from Indian country : a Native history ofearly America / Daniel K. Richter.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-674-00638-o (cloth)
ISBN 0-674-01117-1 (paper)
1. Indians ofNorth America—First contact with Europeans. 2. Indians ofNorth America—
History—Colonial period, ca 1600-1775 3. Indians, Treatment of—United States—History.
4. United States—Discovery and exploration. 5. United States—Politics and government—
To 1775. I. Title.
E98.F39 R53 2001
970(cid:1).00497—dc21
2001024997
To Tom and Mary

Contents
Prologue: Early America as Indian Country 1
1 Imagining a Distant New World 11
2 Confronting a Material New World 41
3 Living with Europeans 69
4 Native Voices in a Colonial World 110
5 Native Peoples in an Imperial World 151
6 Separate Creations 189
Epilogue: Eulogy from Indian Country 237
A Technical Note 255
Notes 257
Acknowledgments 301
Index 303