The American Revolution in Indian Country
Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities

Examines the Native American experience during the American Revolution.

Colin G. Calloway (Author)

9780521475693, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 April 1995

354 pages, 23 b/w illus. 12 maps
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.7 kg

"This is an unfailingly judicious and thorough book." Eric Hinderaker, Western Historical Quarterly

This study presents a broad coverage of Indian experiences in the American Revolution rather than Indian participation as allies or enemies of contending parties. Colin Calloway focuses on eight Indian communities as he explores how the Revolution often translated into war among Indians and their own struggles for independence. Drawing on British, American, Canadian and Spanish records, Calloway shows how Native Americans pursued different strategies, endured a variety of experiences, but were bequeathed a common legacy as result of the Revolution.

Prologue
1. Corn wars and civil wars: the Revolution comes to Indian country
2. Odanak: Abenaki ambiguity in the north
3. Stockbridge: the New England patriots
4. Oquaga: dissension and destruction on the Susquehanna
5. Fort Niagara: the politics of hunger in a refugee community
6. Maquachake: the perils of neutrality in the Ohio country
7. Chota: Cherokee beloved town in a world at war
8. Tchoukafala: the continuing: Chickasaw struggle for independence
9. Cuscowilla: Seminole loyalism and Seminole genesis
10. The peace that brought no peace
Epilogue: a world without Indians?

Subject Areas: Social & cultural history [HBTB]