Red Jacket : Iroquois diplomat and orator /

In the first modern biography of Red Jacket, the author sheds light on the achievements of this formidable Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. The political career of Red Jacke...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Densmore, Christopher
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 1999.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Iroquois and their neighbors.
Subjects:
Red Jacket, > Seneca chief, > approximately 1756-1830.
Red Jacket, > Seneca chief, > approximately 1756-1830
Seneca Indians > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Seneca Indians > Politics and government.
Seneca Indians > Government relations.
Seneca > Relations avec l'État.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Seneca Indians > Government relations
Seneca Indians > Kings and rulers
Seneca Indians > Politics and government
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Indian names
  • Before the whirlwind, 1758-1775
  • From the Revolution to Fort Stanwix, 1775-1784
  • An uneasy peace, 1784-1790
  • Tioga Point to the Canandaigua Treaty, 1790-1794
  • The sale of the Seneca lands, 1795-1802
  • Defense of Seneca traditions, 1802-1811
  • War, diplomacy, and land, 1807-1819
  • "Pagan" versus Christian, 1818-1827
  • Red Jacket attacked and reconciled, 1826-1830
  • Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784
  • Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794
  • Red Jacket's reply to Reverend Cram, 1805
  • Red Jacket to Reverend John Alexander, 1811
  • Speech to Mr. Richardson, 1811.

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