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The Old Indian Chronicle: Being A Collection Of Exceeding Rare Tracts

The Old Indian Chronicle: Being A Collection Of Exceeding Rare Tracts

G. Drake, Samuel

Paperback

ArchaeologyColonial Period (1600-1775)General Military History

ISBN10: 9354506372
ISBN13: 9789354506376
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before the nation had a name, its arguments were printed fast and fiercely. Voices from the frontier endure. The Old Indian Chronicle gathers an extraordinary historical pamphlet anthology of testimonies, reports, and polemics, assembled by antiquary Samuel G. Drake. Drawn from an exceeding rare tracts collection, these primary source documents preserve the texture of early America as contemporaries saw it: anxious settlements, contested borders, and the hard language of survival. Within its pages lie snapshots of native american history at the point of contact, where diplomacy and misunderstanding shaped early american indian relations. Drake's selections range across colonial new england and the wider Atlantic world of the early america 1600s, illuminating the fears and strategies that drove colonial indian wars, including the long shadow of king philips war. Read as puritan colonial records in miniature, the tracts reveal how communities justified violence, mourned losses, petitioned authorities, and described the peoples they fought and traded with. For american history researchers, the volume offers a trove of dated voices and local detail; for genealogy and local history enthusiasts, it can anchor places, surnames, and events in their original documentary setting. Yet it is also a compelling cabinet of curiosities for the general reader and a prized find for classic-literature collectors who value the material history of print itself today. 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.

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