Drawing on archaeological evidence and utilizing often neglected Spanish source material, The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763, explores the political history of the Creek Indians of Georgia and Alabama and the emergence of the Creek Nation during the colonial era in the American Southeast. In part a study of Creek foreign relations, this book examines the creation and application of the "neutrality" policy-defined here as the Coweta Resolution of 1718-for which the Creeks have long been famous, in an era marked by the imperial struggle for the American South. Also a study of the...
Drawing on archaeological evidence and utilizing often neglected Spanish source material, The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763, explores the p...
A classic resource on the struggle for dominance in southern North America during the colonial period.
This volume recounts the clashes and intrigues that played out over the landscape of the Old Southwest and across six decades as the Spanish, French, British, and ultimately Americans vied for control. Rivalry began soon after initial discovery, mapping, and exploration as the world powers, particularly England and France, competed for control of the lucrative fur trade in the Mississippi valley. The French attempted to establish trade networks stretching from the Atlantic Ocean...
A classic resource on the struggle for dominance in southern North America during the colonial period.
The story of Mary Musgrove (1700 1764), a Creek Indian English woman struggling for success in colonial society, is an improbable one.As a literate Christian, entrepreneur, and wife of an Anglican clergyman, Mary was one of a small number of mixed blood Indians to achieve a position of prominence among English colonists. Born to a Creek mother and an English father, Mary s bicultural heritage prepared her for an eventful adulthood spent in the rough and tumble world of Colonial Georgia Indian affairs.Active in diplomacy, trade, and politics affairs typically dominated by men Mary...
The story of Mary Musgrove (1700 1764), a Creek Indian English woman struggling for success in colonial society, is an improbable one.As a literat...
Drawing on archaeological evidence and often-neglected Spanish source material, The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670 1763 explores the political history of the Creek Indians of Georgia and Alabama and the emergence of the Creek Nation during the colonial era in the American Southeast. In part a study of Creek foreign relations, this book examines the creation and application of the neutrality policy defined here as the Coweta Resolution of 1718 for which the Creeks have long been famous, in an era marked by the imperial struggle for the American South.
Also a study of...
Drawing on archaeological evidence and often-neglected Spanish source material, The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670 1763 explores the po...
