Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Causes Of The Alienation Of The Delaware And Shawanese Indians From The British Interest

Causes Of The Alienation Of The Delaware And Shawanese Indians From The British Interest

Thomson, Charles

Paperback

AnthropologyChinese HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354488145
ISBN13: 9789354488146
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On the mid-18th century Pennsylvania frontier, alliances shifted fast and violently. It begins with broken promises. Charles Thomson traces how the Delaware (Lenape) and Shawanese (Shawnee) peoples were pushed away from the British interest, setting british-native diplomacy under a harsh light. Written as a colonial political pamphlet and historical documentary essay, this primary source reprint follows the pressures of land hunger, trade, and mismanaged negotiations in the Ohio Valley frontier during the French and Indian War. The result is an urgent, plainspoken account of shawnee indian relations and Delaware Lenape history as they were argued in the moment, not reconstructed later. For readers of early American history research, the pamphlet is a sharp window into colonial Indian policy and the rhetoric that shaped it; for Native American studies reference and collectors of foundational Americana, it is a compact but consequential document of 18th century Pennsylvania and its widening imperial fault lines. Thomson, later a key figure of the Revolutionary era, writes with an eye for cause and consequence that still rewards close attention. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

Also in

Anthropology

View All