Peace and war on the Anglo-Cherokee frontier, 1756-63
By: John Oliphant.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.; LSU Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Cherokee Indians -- Wars, 1759-1761.; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.; Cherokee Indians -- Government relations -- 18th century.; Indians of North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Description: "In the winter of 1760 Cherokee warriors attacked the South Carolina frontier, driving the settlements back over a hundred miles. Intrusive settlers, the failing deerskin trade, and the treachery of a British governor all contributed to the collapse of trust. Yet even the Cherokee leaders, notably the talented Atakullakulla, sought to re-establish a fragile middle ground between the two mutually incomprehensible cultures.

This book shows how the very imperial commanders sent to destroy them negotiated a peace based on protection and consensus. Archibald Montgomery and James Grant were part of a wider circle of sympathetic middle-ranking British officers serving in America, and their initiative was within the spirit of long-evolving policy in London. But the price was high: Grant's high-handed actions embittered many Carolinians and - long before the Stamp Act - raised crucial constitutional questions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Long Canes Creek: Anglo-Cherokee Relations to 1756; title: 2 'Two Brothers Falling Out': the Slide to War, 1756-59; title: 3 Lyttelton's Folly: How the Anglo-Cherokee War Began; title: 4 'The Sweet Bond of Human Things': Soldiers Seeking; title: Peace 1760; title: 5 The Carpenter and the Colonel; title: 6 The Carpenter, the Corn Puller and the 'Town of lyes'; title: Epilogue: Toward Augusta; title: Appendix: Prominent Cherokees; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.