Machine generated contents note: A World of Changes
Indians in Colonial America
Sources of Indian History: Weighing the Evidence
The Creation of the World
1.John Norton, Iroquois Creation Story, ca. 1816
The League of Peace in Wampum
2.The Hiawatha Wampum Belt
The Creeks Come to Their Homeland
3.Chekilli, Origin of the Creek Confederacy, 1735
4.Josiah Jeremy, The Floating Island, 1869
Meeting the Dutch at Manhattan
5.John Heckewelder, The Arrival of the Dutch, ca. 1765
"What Can You Get by Warre...?"
6.Powhatan, Speech to Captain John Smith, 1609
A Pequot Looks Back at King Philip's War
7.William Apess, Eulogy on King Philip, 1836
2.Cultural Conflicts, Contests, and Confluences
A Native American Theological Debate
8.John Eliot, A Dialogue between Piumbukhou and His Unconverted Relatives, ca. 1671
A Mi'kmaq Questions French "Civilization"
Note continued: 9.Chrestien LeClerq, A Mi'kmaq Responds to the French, ca. 1677
An Indian Woman Bequeaths Her Property
10.Naomai Omaush, Will, 1749
Autobiography of an Indian Minister
11.Samson Occom, A Short Narrative of My Life, 1768
Letters of a Narragansett Family
12.Sarah Simon, Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767
13.Sarah Simon (the Daughter), Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769
14.Daniel Simon, Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1771
The Iroquois Reject Wheelock's "Benevolence"
15.Speech of the Oneida Headmen, 1772
16.Speech of the Onondaga Council, 1772
17.Joseph Pepee, Response to the Unconverted Delawares, 1772
"The White Woman of the Genesee"
18.Mary Jemison, A Narrative of Her Life, 1824
3.Land, Trade, and Treaties
Submission to "Old England"
19.Narragansett Indians, Act of Submission, 1644
Two Land Deeds from Maine
20.Nanuddemance, Deed to John Parker, June 14, 1659
Note continued: 21.Jane of Scarborough, Deed to Andrew and Arthur Alger, September 19, 1659
Indian Land Claims Disputed
22.Mittark, Agreement of Gay Head Indians Not to Sell Land to the English, 1681
The "River Indians" Answer Governor Burnet
23.Mahican Indians, Reply to William Burnet, Governor of New York, 1722
The Alienation of the Natchez
24.Antoine Le Page du Pratz, Reply of the Stung Serpent, 1723
Signing and Disputing a Treaty
25.Eastern Indians, Treaty Pictographs, 1725
26.Sauguaarum, alias Loron, An Account of Negotiations Leading to the Casco Bay Treaty, 1727
The "Walking Purchase": A Delaware Complaint and an Iroquois Response
27.Delaware Indians, Complaint against the "Walking Purchase," November 21, 1740
28.Canasatego, Response to the Delawares' Complaint, July 12, 1742
29.Canasatego, Speech at the Treaty of Lancaster, July 4, 1744
A Guardian System for Indian Lands
Note continued: 30.Indians at Mashpee, Petition to the Massachusetts General Court, June 11, 1752
Resolving Conflicts with Colonial Neighbors
31.King Hagler (Nopkehe), Reply to Colonists' Complaints, 1754
Colonists Encroach on the Stanwix Line
32.John Killbuck, Speech to the Governors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, December 4, 1771
4.In a World of Warfare: Indians and the Wars for Empire
33.Garangula, Speech to New France Governor La Barre, 1684
34.Drawings Made on a Tree by an Iroquois War Party, ca. 1666
Iroquois Loyalty Turns to Disenchantment
35.Cheda, Promise to Uphold the Covenant Chain, 1692
Intertribal Conflict Fostered by Colonists
36.Gachadow, Speech to the Virginia Commissioners at the Treaty of Lancaster, 1744
The Half King Defies the French
37.Tanaghrisson, Speech to Sieur de Marin, 1753
Allies and Enemies in Indian Country
Note continued: 38.English and French Copies of Chickasaw Deerskin Maps, ca. 1723 and 1737
The Chickasaws Appeal for Help
39.Chickasaw Headmen, Speech to the Governor of South Carolina, April 5, 1756
French and Indian Wars, or French and English Wars?
40.Delaware Indians, Response to the Moravian Ambassador, 1758
A New Era for Algonquians and Englishmen
41.Minavavana, Speech to Alexander Henry, 1761
42.Pontiac, The Master of Life Speaks to the Wolf, 1763
The Pleas and Plight of the Choctaw Chiefs
43.Choctaw Chiefs, Speeches to John Stuart, Mobile, Alabama, 1772
5.American Indians and the American Revolution, 1775-1783
The Oneidas Declare Neutrality
44.Oneida Indians, Speech to Governor Trumbull, 1775
Joseph Brant Addresses His Majesty's Secretary of State
45.Joseph Brant, Address to Lord Germain, 1776
Struggling to Be Neutral in the Ohio Valley
46.Cornstalk, Message to Congress, November 7, 1776
Note continued: Cherokees Fight for Their Survival
47.Corn Tassel, Speech at Treaty Talks with Virginia and North Carolina, 1777
The Revolution through the Eyes of a Seneca Woman
48.Mary Jemison, A View of the Revolution, 1775-1779
The Revolution through Captain Pipe's Eyes
49.Captain Pipe, Speech to British Colonel DePeyster, November 1781
Adjusting to New Realities: The Chickasaws' Revolution
50.Chickasaw Chiefs, Message to Congress, July 1783
51.Joseph Brant, Message to Governor Frederick Haldimand, 1783
6.Indian Voices from the New Nation
Alexander McGillivray Rejects American Pretensions
52.Alexander McGillivray, Letter to Governor Arturo O'Neill, July 10, 1785
The United Indian Nations Announce a New Policy
53.United Indian Nations, Speech at the Confederate Council, November 28 and December 18, 1786
The World Turned Upside Down
Note continued: 54.Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo, Petition to the Connecticut State Assembly, May 1789
Joseph Brant Weighs Indian and White Civilizations
55.Joseph Brant, Indian vs. White Civilization, 1789
First Americans Address the First President
56.Speech of Cornplanter, Half Town, and Big Tree to George Washington, 1790
A Chronology of Encounters between Indians and Colonists, 1492-1795
Questions for Consideration.
