Oregon and the collapse of Illahee
Subtitle: U.S. empire and the transformation of an indigenous world, 1792-1859
By: Gray H. Whaley.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807833674; 9780807871096
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Oregon -- History; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869; Indians, Treatment of -- Oregon -- History; Whites -- Oregon -- Relations with Indians; Oregon -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : historical constructions of Oregon and Illahee; title: So many little sovereignties, 1792-1822; title: Disastrous times we had : expansions and epidemic, 1821-1834; title: A vital experimental religion : the Methodist mission colony of lower Oregon, 1834-1844; title: Trophies for God : from mission colony to American colony, 1840-1845; title: The colonization of Illahee, 1843-1851; title: Polaklie Illahee (land of darkness) : identity and genocidal culture in Oregon; title: Extermination and empire: money, politics, and the Oregon wars, 1855-1856; title: Conclusion : Illahee, Indian colonies, and the paternalist state.