The Indian world of George Washington
Subtitle: the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation
By: Colin G. Calloway
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 621
ISBN-13: 9780190652166
Subjects: Wars; Relations with Indians; Indians of North America; Government relations; History
Other titles: First President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation
Description: "An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-580) and index.
Table of contents: title: Learning curves; title: Virginia's Indian country; title: The Ohio Company and the Ohio Country; title: Into Tanaghrisson's world; title: Tanaghrisson's war; title: Braddock and the limits of empire; title: Frontier defense and a Cherokee alliance; title: Frontier advance and a Cherokee war; title: The other revolution; title: Confronting the Indian boundary; title: "A good deal of land."; title: The question of Indian allies; title: Town destroyer; title: Killing Crawford; title: Building a nation on Indian land; title: The first President and the first Americans; title: An Indian policy for the new nation; title: Courting McGillivray; title: The greatest Indian victory; title: Philadelphia Indian diplomacy; title: Achieving empire; title: Transforming Indian lives; title: A death and a non-death.