Covered with night a story of murder and indigenous justice in early America
"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunte...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
[2021]
|
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Tomorrow's doom: July 30-August 1, 1722
- Taquatarensaly (captain civility)
- When things go ill: February 1722
- Sawantaeny
- Sorrow will come fast: March 6, 1722
- John Catlidge
- What content and decency require: March 7-14, 1722
- Peter Bezaillion
- Two heads are better than one: March 15-17, 1722
- Weenepeeweytah and Elizabeth Cartlidge
- Forgive anyone sooner than thyself: March 21-26, 1722
- Isaac Norris
- He will go to law: April 4-7, 1722
- Satcheechoe
- Stark naught: May 4-11, 1722
- William Keith
- Take him now: June 15-July 2, 1722
- Ousewayteichks (Smith the Ganawese)
- Money and good men: August 3-15, 1722
- James Le Tort
- A word to the wise: August-September 1722
- James Logan
- Stiff obstinacy: October 3-5, 1722
- Civility's last word.
