The Collected Works of Benjamin Hawkins.

In 1795 Benjamin Hawkins, a former U.S. senator and advisor to George Washington, was appointed U.S. Indian agent and superintendent of all the tribes south of the Ohio River. Unlike most other agents, he lived among the Creek Indians for his entire tenure, from 1796 to 1816. Journeying forth from h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hawkins, Benjamin
Otros Autores: Foster, H. Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hawkins, Benjamin, > 1754-1816 > Correspondence.
Hawkins, Benjamin, > 1754-1816 > Diaries.
Hawkins, Benjamin, > 1754-1816
1789-1869
Creek Indians > History > Sources.
Indians of North America > Government relations > 1789-1869.
Indian agents > Southern States > History > Sources.
Creek > Histoire > Sources.
Peuples autochtones > États-Unis > Relations avec l'État > 1789-1869.
Creek Indians
Indian agents
Indians of North America > Government relations
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Social Sciences.
Ethnic & Race Studies.
Southern States
Diaries
History
Personal correspondence
Sources
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Sumario:In 1795 Benjamin Hawkins, a former U.S. senator and advisor to George Washington, was appointed U.S. Indian agent and superintendent of all the tribes south of the Ohio River. Unlike most other agents, he lived among the Creek Indians for his entire tenure, from 1796 to 1816. Journeying forth from his home on the Flint River in Georgia, he served southeastern Indians as government intermediary during one of the longest eras of peace in the historic period. Hawkins's journals provide detailed information about European-Indian relations in the 18th-century frontier of the South. His descriptions.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (716 pages)
ISBN:9780817383718
0817383719
9780817313678
0817313672

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