Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756–63

287 Pages·2001·1.75 MB·English

by  John Oliphant (auth.)

Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756–63
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Peace and War on the
Anglo-Cherokee Frontier,
1756–63
John Oliphant
Palgrave
© John Oliphant 2001
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Contents
List of Maps ix
Preface xi
1 Long Canes Creek: Anglo-Cherokee Relations to 1756 1
2 ‘Two Brothers Falling Out’: the Slide to War, 1756–59 31
3 Lyttelton’s Folly: How the Anglo-Cherokee War Began 69
4 ‘The Sweet Bond of Human Things’: Soldiers Seeking
Peace 1760 113
5 The Carpenter and the Colonel 140
6 The Carpenter, the Corn Puller and the ‘Town of Lyes’ 169
Epilogue: Toward Augusta 191
Appendix: Prominent Cherokees 208
Notes 210
Bibliography 255
Index 264
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List of Maps
1 The Cherokee country 3
2 The Carolinas and Georgia 10
3 The Cherokee–South Carolina boundary, 1747–61 16
4 Virginia and Pennsylvania 40
5 Forbes’s route to Fort Duquesne, 1758 58
6 Montgomery’s route through the Lower Towns, 1760 124
7 Grant’s raid on the Middle Towns, 1761 160
8 The Cherokee–South Carolina boundary, 1761 and 1766 187
9 Timberlake’s map of the Overhill Towns, 1762 192
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