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...

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Main Author: Eustace, Nicole (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.
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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.