Title: Into the American woods : negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier /
Authors: Merrell, James Hart, 1953-
Publisher: W.W. Norton,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life Pennsylvania; Pioneers Pennsylvania History; Pioneers Pennsylvania History; Negotiation Pennsylvania History; Negotiation Pennsylvania History; Indians of North America Pennsylvania Government relations History; Indians of North America Pennsylvania Government relations History; Intercultural communication Pennsylvania History; Intercultural communication Pennsylvania History; Pennsylvania History; Pennsylvania History
Abstract: From the Quaker colony's founding in the 1680s into the 1750s, Merrell shows us how the go-betweens survived in the woods, dealing with problems of food, travel, lodging, and safety, and how they sought to bridge the vast cultural gaps between the Europeans and the Indians. The futility of these efforts became clear in the sickening plummet into war after 1750.