Swindler sachem : the American Indian who sold his birthright, dropped out of Harvard, and conned the king of England /

Indians, too, could play the land game for both personal and political benefit According to his kin, John Wompas was "no sachem," although he claimed that status to achieve his economic and political ends. He drew on the legal and political practices of both Indians and the English-even vi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pulsipher, Jenny Hale (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Wompas, John, > approximately 1637-1679.
1600-1775
Nipmuc Indians > History > 17th century.
Indians of North America > History > 17th century.
Nipmuck > Histoire > 17e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Indians of North America.
Nipmuc Indians.
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
New England.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "The place of their desires": Hassanamesit
  • "Prask that was wife to John Wompas": the Pequot war and the enslavement of Ann Prask
  • "To bee trained up among the English": John Wompas and the civilizing project
  • "My proper right & inheritance": John Wompas and the English Land Market
  • "I cherish a desire to be sea": John Wompas and the maritime Atlantic
  • "New England hath lost the day": John Wompas protests to the English crown
  • "Hee had lost a great many men in the warr": the Nipmucs and Ann Wompas in King Philip's War
  • "The English did wrong them about their lands": the political awakening of John Wompas
  • "Royall protection": John Wompas, subject status, and the English crown
  • "One piece of land to cling on to": the Hassanamisco reservation
  • Appendix 1. Land transactions of John Wompas and Ann Prask Wompas, 1662-1679
  • Appendix 2. People and places connected to John Wompas
  • Chronology of key events
  • Notes
  • Index.

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