The ambiguous Iroquois empire : the Covenant Chain confederation of Iroquois and with English colonies from its beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty of 1744
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-427) and index.
Contents
Chapters: Distinctions in deed and thought --An empire of convenience --A mixing of peoples --An iron Dutch chain --Logistics of intersocietal commerce --The Iroquoian "Beaver wars" --Odd man out --A silver English chain --Expansion and reaction --"They flourish and we decrease" --A link lost --Mending chain --A vise made in Europe --Desperation in Iroquoia --A new fire --Chain into fetters --Summit and slope --Conflict and accommodation.
Summary
The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of the Indian Tribes with English Colonies is Francis Jennings's second volume of his trilogy about Indian-white relations in America. In this volume he looks at the Parkman view of the Iroquois Confederacy as an empire and exposes the shortcomings of Parkman's perspective. Jennings describes the idea of the covenant chain as the binding relationship between the Iroquois and English colonies from their beginnings to the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744. Jennings (1918-2002) was the former director of the Newberry Library Center for the History of the American Indian.