The embattled Northeast
Subtitle: the elusive ideal of alliance in Abenaki-Euramerican relations
By: Kenneth M. Morrison.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Abenaki Indians -- Government relations -- To 1789.; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- To 1789.; Abenaki Indians -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Description: "The Embattled Northeast breaks with established wisdom concerning the dynamics of Indian-white relations. It shows that Euramericans' technological superiority did not undermine the Abenaki's self-confidence, but that trade pushed the tribes toward reaching an alliance among themselves as the first step in dealing with colonials. The study also tells how the Abenaki adapted to the post-contact world in order to secure their lives in religious terms, combining their own religious beliefs with compatible French Jesuit teachings"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references & index.