Properties of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators on the New England Frontier

301 Pages·2019·4.959 MB·English

by  Ian Saxine

Properties of Empire

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Properties of Empire
Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators
on the New England Frontier
Ian Saxine
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Names: Saxine, Ian, author.
Title: Properties of empire : Indians, colonists, and land speculators on the New England
frontier / Ian Saxine.
Other titles: Early American places.
Description: New York : New York University Press, [2019] | Series: Early American places
| Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018041757 | ISBN 9781479832125 (cl : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Abenaki Indians—Land tenure—Maine. | Abenaki Indians—Maine—
Treaties. | Indians of North America—First contact with Europeans—Maine. |
Maine—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775.
Classification: LCC E99.A13 S29 2019 | DDC 974.004/9734—dc23
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Contents
Wabanaki Glossary xi
Names, Places, and Dates xiii
Introduction: Power and Property 1
1 Networks of Property and Belonging: Land Use
in the Seventeenth Century 11
2 Dawnland Encounters, 1600–1713 25
3 Land Claims, 1713–1722 47
4 Breaking—and Making—the Peace, 1722–1727 77
5 In Defiance of the Proprietors, 1727–1735 111
6 The Rightful Owners Thereof, 1735–1741 129
7 Troubled Times, 1741–1752 147
8 Contrary to Their Own Laws, 1749–1755 163
Conclusion. Treaties Buried and Lost: Indigenous Rights
and Colonial Property since 1755 189
Acknowledgments 199
Abbreviations 203
Notes 207
Bibliography 253
Index 277
About the Author 285