Negotiating for Georgia
Subtitle: British-Creek relations in the trustee era, 1733-1752
By: Julie Anne Sweet.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Creek Indians -- First contact with Europeans.; Creek Indians -- Government relations.; Creek Indians -- Colonization.; Whites -- Georgia -- Relations with Indians.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.; Georgia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Before they met : the British, the Lower Creeks, and the Georgia region; title: First contacts : preliminary negotiations; title: The trip to England : negotiations abroad; title: While they were gone : possible crises; title: Efforts to convert the Indians : strengthening ties; title: Keeping the peace : constant diplomacy; title: The treaty at Coweta : reaffirming alliances; title: The funeral of Tomochichi : mourning a mediator; title: The War of Jenkins' Ear : the height of cooperation; title: A cultural broker breaks confidence : the Mary Musgrove controversy; title: Conclusions.