Format:
1 Online-Ressource
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illustrations, genealogical tables
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
0815656092
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9780815656098
Series Statement:
The Iroquois and their neighbors
Content:
The era following the American War of Independence was one of enormous conflict for the Allegany Senecas. As the most influential Seneca leader of his time, Cornplanter led his people in war and along an often troubled path to peace. This biography traces his rise to prominence as a Seneca military leader during the American Revolution and his later diplomatic success in negotiations with the Federal government. The book also explores Cornplanter's dealings with other Native American councils and with his own people. It explains how Senecas faced heavy pressure to sell their lands, and how they concurrently embraced a reformed and revitalized Iroquois religion, as inspired by Cornplanter's visionary half brother, Handsome Lake. The author weaves together previously discordant strands of the Chief Warrior's life into a concise, animated, and enlightening portrait. Even as Cornplanter examines a critical period in American history, it gives us a multidimensional knowledge of politics and diplomacy from the Seneca point of view
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0815631146
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780815631149
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0815631383
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780815631385
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Abler, Thomas S. (Thomas Struthers), 1941- Cornplanter Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007
Language:
English
